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SELECT POETRY.
Frera the Boston PufI 1
THE LOVERS.
There was a candle maker man,
And hi was very old,
Fur it was thirty years or more
Since lie began to mould.
His business on his face wns wrote,
As plain as thought on paper ;
His lung nose, running to a point,
You ture would call a taper.
And flame-like glowed his jolly lip,
For drinking hard and siuilling
Had made it red, and caublc-like,
It brighter grew by sntiiijj.
A daughter fair ho had, but ho
Was wont to beat nml starve her:
Said she, ' I'm sorry lie'ti my fa,
Hut wish lhat he was farther.''
And Cupid in her tender heart
An airuw dated to thiow ;
A that alone would be no use.
Ho g.ivc her, loo, n iicuu.
B it when her lover rluini'd her hand,
The f.iiiher did dispute ;
SSaid he, ' Yuut i:s I would lake,
But 1 reject jotr su.t "
So when the shades of night were spread
He lound the house wuuld hover,
And Ihutigh lie was no waniur, )et
He was a nightly lover.
'My father's coming," ciiod the maid,
"Oh ! lover, wuu betide you '
Fur ho will cane, you, I'm afiaid ;
lint come with me, I'll hide you."
So in the boiler he was crammed,
His legs all cramped and benl ;
Cried h, ' I have llic topper got,
Though he has not the scent "
Am! iltcie he pas! the sleepless hours,
Of lhat eventful night :
Th! time it pissed so heavily,
lKf uished lhat it was light.
A! early dawn, tn light his fire
The cross old fellow cume;
Alas ! for luvei'd constancy
He felt another .lame.
Oh ! maiden, maiden, could you now
Your lovei's plight lo see,
Your pa, fur luvei's sake, would hale,
Fur pa boiled he will be.
Oh! now within lhat boiler hot
His every limb seem'd fiying;
His situation y on will say
Indeed must have been trying.
Now from his seat he starts, and scared
The old man not a little ;
Recover liist yoniself, oU man,
He cover then your kelllo.
And speeding through, the garden walks,
The outer gate he won ;
Sum after such a inciting down,
1 wonder he could run.
HtortUaurou0 awnttir.
J.ruia the iointo; It.-public-uno, of Mexico, October 0.
COMBAT OF IMLF AS IIOFR'S IK KtTION
Hl.l VriCLtV OMCM ASi ON FOOT A0 LLi;
t KOUBt.llts O.V llOltSLUAlk.
At a lime like this of ours, when there
are so few who knowthat valor is a senti
ment sprung from love ol lory and the de
sire to acouire renown, and that it prompts
its possessor to brave and even lo seek the
greatest dangers, we shall perhaps be ex
cused if ye give our readers the details of
a combat which only came to our cars yes
leulay. In our naralive we shall studious
ly avoid all exaggeration; it deserves im
plicit confidence, although it presents facts
certainly very improbable and if we pro-
' duce it, it is to prove the unquestionable
truth of the Latin adage, auduces fortunu
ljuvat, and to tncile travellers to defend
themselves whenever they are provided
with arms,
Some four or five days since, at half past
one in the afternoon, the muil coach or di
ligence from Arroyazaico was attacked
near Tepeji del Hio. It had been raining
slightly just before, and the coach was clo
sed on one side. In the interiqr ol the di
ligence were an Englishman, three Span
iard, cne French lady, and our hero, Mr.
Albert Speyers, a wealthy merchant, a Ger
man by birth ; on the top were seated three
Mexicans. "
All the passengers at the time of the at
tack were dreaming of tiny thing but dan
ger, and the first nev s of the arrival of the
robbers was the insertion, through one of
the windows of the coach, of a pistol, and
the pry, "Give up your arms, or you are
all dead." "Yes," answered Speyers, lean
ing forward, "but bullets and all," and he
showed the robber a small two-barrelled
pistol. On seeing this the robber crouched
down to shield himself behind his horse.
Speyers, who had taken his aim, discharged
his weapon, while the robber with five
others stationed on the other side of the
vehicle, did the same. The discharge was
without fatal result on either side.
Speyers, upon this, heedless of the entrea
ties ol the passengers, who sought to re
strain him, opens the door of the coach,
leaps to the ground, and, pistol in hand,
pursues tne roooer mat Had tired at him j
and who, in company with the five already
mentioned, nan gone to join si j more, who
were stationed at sqme little distance on
the road. Regardlessof numbers, Speyers,
with his other pistol, fires into the group.
and then returns to the coach in quest ut
more weapons,. When be rfached it, he
found all the other passengers accumulated
at the bottom of the coach. He specks to
them encourages them ; but in vain. He
then takes out bit watcb, and all the money
in his pockets, and lays the whole under
Ihe cushions, when he draws his other two
barrelled and one six-barrelled pistol, with
which he purposed to pursue the campaign.
The former weapon be presents to one of
the passengers, exhorting him to leave the
coacb and defend himself. Speyers him
self prepares the pistol, and offers to place
it in the bands of the passenger, but he
I trertbles so with fear that he cannot grasp
t .'
it. On seeing this, Speyers becomes still j
more excited, and exclaims; "bince you
are all cowards, I shall defend myself alone
remain where you are."
Meantime the highwaymen were crying,
"he is loading again ; fire, fire !" and they
poured in the coach a deluge of bullets,
which respected the valiant Speyers. The
latter, however, loses no time; seizing a
firm hold of his revolver he darts forward
in pursuit of the eleven robbers, who, on
seeing him, leap over the wide trench on
one side of the road, there to reload their
weapons. Shorlley after they return to
wards Speyers, surround him at some dis
tance, and cry to him, "We see lhat you
are a brave, man, so are we surrender.
We do not wish to kill so valiant a man."
"Very brave you are, indeed," answers
Speyers, "eleven against one." This said,
he sets forth in pursuit of the robbers, who
fly at his approach. "Why do you fly?"
he cries ; "did you not say you were brave ?
Come, cowards come, every one of you
one by one ; I await you here."
Hut their only answer is a s'hower of
bullets and slugs, which whistle around the
undaunted Speyers. lie replies by u dis
charge ol lour barrel--, that prove ineffec
tual, in consequence of the incessant move
ment of the horses preventing his aiming
with any approach to certainty.
This general discharge having been
made, all the passengers advance towards
Speyers; they seize hold of him ; they en
treat him to yield up his arms, for they are
all going to be victims; he should recollect
that there is a lady among Ihem. Speyers
resists ; the robbers surround him once
more ; then he, pistol in hand, cries: so, I
shall surrender my arms cn two condition?.''
"What are they ?" cry Ihe robbers; we
swear faithfully to respect them," "Well,
then," said Speyers, "the first is, that you
will make no attempts against my person;
Ihe second is, that you will touch nothing
belonging to me." "Yes, we swear it,"
exclaim all the robbers in a breath. "Here,
then, is my weapon." answers Sppyt'rs;
"there are yet two barrels loaded."
The captain of the band then received
the pistol, and all proceeded together to
wards the diligence. In one instant all
the trunks were torn open, the carpet-bags
turned inside out, &.c. the banditti respec
ting nothing but what Speyers pointed out
as his properly. Meanwhile our hero, sea
ted on a case containing the samples of the
goods which he carried, was drawing fig
ures in the sand with a coolness and sung
j'ruid something more than admirable.
I he robbery being completed, the high
waymen having resumed their seats on
horsebark, saluted Speyers, taking leave ol
him in these words: "Farewell, brave
man ; remember that even we robbers know
how lo keep our word." "Farewell," an
swered Speyers, ''God grant lhat it may not
be forever."
In this fij;ht more than thirty shots were
discharged at Speyers, Two half-spent
balls were the only ones that reached him,
when he was searching for his revolver in
the diligence one s'ruck him on the arm
and the other in the back : a third he found
in hjs boot on g'iing to bed, without know
ing whence it came. The Englishman had
his hand badly injured by a bullet, which
even now cannot be extracted ; the driver
was also wounded, and the French lady re
ceived in her dress lour bullets, which did
not, however, injure her.
' Mr. Albert Speyers lost in this affair
nothing but his watch and some money,
deposited in the diligence and which lie
did not claim, having no arms to back his
demand.
Ye have been informed that Mr. Spey
ers isa merchant, established at New-York,
and accustomed to travel in caravans a
mong the Indians of the North, and on one
occasion, behind his wagons, with ten
companions, sustained against seventy-five
savages a f onibat which lasted from unrise
till sunset, leaving more than twenty-five
of them stretched on lh ground.
We sincerely wish that there were in
Mexico a few hundred men ol the Speyers
stamp, in order that the highway b;ndjltj
might receive the only treatment and the
only indulgence tl.ey descrye daily, not
withstanding the philantropic tenderness
of the honorable representatives who, at
most, prescribe a change of climate for the
cure ol what they deem a local infirmity.
A St I) fitri ItL OF IIILLAND,
Ireland is rapidly undergoing a revolur
lion, in many parts, such as does net at
tract much attention, but such, neverthe
less, is a preat revolution. In an English
paper before tis, ye see it stated that the
county of Mayo is in a transition from the
cottier state of society, in which the land
was thickly peopled, and held by tenants
in very small holdings, ut very high rents,
to the grazing system, in which it is occu
pied merely by a very few herd? and carer
takers, and held either by the landlord him
self or by cne or two great capitalist ten
ants. The change is Irom being stocked
with men, women and children, to being
stocked with) sheep and cattle. A wiiter
in the London Times, drawing the picture
of the change, says :
"Ihe whole population of a district ma
ny miles in extent are simply turned out
into the roads to go where they please, and
t;ve or die as they can. Ul course, mere
are among them many old people hardly
able to get along, many sick persons, many
injie cmidren, many women in an advan
ced state of pregnancy out they all go to
gether. There seems lo be in ll) ejecting
landlords a very happy state of indifference
to (be question, what becomes of tbs peo
ple! But I confess my weakness. I have
not yet attained this indifference. 1 in
quired anxiously where the people were
gone, who, a few months aso. inhabited
one of these districts, lately thickly peo
pled, and now a sheen walk. I was told
by a gentleman, an agent, who stoutly de-
lenaed, upon the plea of necessity, the pro-
ceedings in question, that Dme of them,
who had some little properly, were gone
to America ; that many were in the Union
workhouse; that some were in the lower
parts of Ihe great towns of England, Scot
land and Ireland, but thai, in his opinion,
the greater part of them were dead."
A few years ago, men, women and chil
dren were the must profitable stock which
a landlord in this county could encourage
upon his property ;" Ihey lived upon the
worst and least quantity of food, and naid
rents which (considering the quality of the
land and the total absence of any expendi-
lure on the part of the landlord, either in
fencing, draining, or ihe erection of tene-
ments) would in any country be considered
exorbitant. When, however, the potato
iauv.1, me i.urndii annual ceasea lo ue a
profitable rent paying stock ; and as the
Poor Laws had been imposed nearly at the
same lime it became an expensive one.
Here we have in one word the rationale of
the change.
The most noble Lord Marquis ot Sligo
seems to tie Hie great operator in this chang
ing the habitations of men to the haunts of
cattle. This writer in the Times, whence
we quote, says :
"Near Westport for several miles, Ihe
most noble the Lord Marquis of Sligo is at
this moment clearing away the whole po
pulation. A few are already removed ; in
other cases their furniture is standing out
side the cottage door, and the whole family
'I .1.. .1. . r I
are evidently on the point of plunging
homeless into the wo;ld. Aeanwhile, a
new and well built wall is rising between
the road and the had. which is still the
ho.me of many lately happy families, it
is sad lo see that this very wall, not yet
completed, (lor there are breaches in many
places, through which the tenants have lo
,emoye their all,) is built of the materials
ot demolished homes. 1 he observant eye
will see stones still stained with soot, which
once formed the chimney of many a cot
tage. "fleyond Westport the wall is complete,
qnd the people are gone. Ihe most noble
Marquis, 1 conceive, will see and hear no
more ot them, in this world, at least. The
remains of the cottages are here quite en
closed wilhiu the encircling wall. The
district was cleared a few months ago.
"As the traveller goes on he niters the
territory of Sir Roger Palmer, and then
that of the Might Hon. the Earl of Lucan.
Here things are more advanced. A great
part ol the land is, already in large grass
fields, fed by sheep; fine crops of turnips
are mothers, and in some you may see the
young grass among the Iresh stubble, All
will very soon bear the appearance of a
district which man has nevtr peopled.
"I cannot exactly state Ihe extent of the
district operated upon. It begins three or
four miles from Westport, and extends
(though not without some considerable in
tervals of land belonging to other proprie
tors,) almost to the town ot liallinrobe, a
distance of perhaps 2") miles. On both
sides of the road it stretches as far as the
eye can reach. I was informed and believe,
(although 1 cannot state ;t ot my own
knowledge,) that the Earl of Lucgn sjone
has lately laid down on grass about 20,000
acres of densely inhabited lands."
What a mournful picture ! What a fright
ful spectacle it must be! But il is from
the country, where this misery, if not
this oppression exists, that we hear the
loudest reproaches of our African slavery,
and where such books as Ur,cle loins Ca
bin find the largest encouragement.
. Vctr Vorrt Express.
THE Uli-L AD TlUC r.LKFII AST.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot
writing from A'hens co , Ohio, lulls a story,
ami ihaws a moiul in this wise
' I huyo just been wandering about Ihe
country in search of land belonging to some
client of mine, and in doing so have met
with mnnv amusinc incidents. Only the
other day, as a caravan of rare animals, in
eluding one lhat travelled with a trunk, was
passing up, not K-dcial Hill, but Federal
Creek, in Athens cn., Ohio, it encountered a
sturdy Buckeye diiving a large bull. Now
this bull, unlike some people, had never
'seen the elephant" before, and when the
oilier came in sight, commenced making
his fore feet familiar with "tree toil," and
his lungs familiar with their accustomed
exercise. His driver uud owner warned
Barnum's agent to get his elephant out of
ihe way. Rut Mr. Uarnum's agent said he
would risk his elephant if Buckeye would
risk his bull." Whereupon the Western
Tauius renewed his bellowina and made a
desperate plunge at the liuga monster of n
lia. The contest was somewhat similar to
certain political ones, lor the elephant, with
one blow from his trunk, stretched the bull
upon the ground, breaking three of his ribs,
and drivin" the breath so far from his body,
that it has utteily refused to return. My
Buckeye friend was oLIiged to be content
with Mr. Bull' beof, hide and tallow, while
the elenbant went on his way, driven by
. . .. .i
his whistlina and whiltlmz attendant.
True, the beof owner consoled himself by
saying be had beep saved a great deal of
trouble, and the fight bad turned out just as
he had expected. This should be a warning
to all Durham never to attack elephants
Qiery. Will John Bull lei the elephant
wade over to Cuba without showing tight or
not t This was my cogitation as I left the
poor victim of ambition weltering in his
blood
Has a man," asked a prisoner of a ma
gistrate "a right to commit a nuisance ?"
"No sir, not even the Mayor."
"Then, sir, I claim my liberty. I was ar
rested as a nuisance, and as no one has a
right to eommit m, 1 movs for a non-auit."
SHORT ARTICLES ABOUT NFAVKPAPERS.
Tub Pres of EyRore and America.
There is no such tlnnu; os independence in
newspapers in France, Spain, and other
countries of Europe Eveiy editor in France
has lo deposit 340,000, security money ; and
if he should publish any thing lhat could be
construed into "an attack on the President
and on Ihe principle of the Government
an attempt to excite hatred among the citi
zon"i 01 nny a,,ack 0I1 religion, family or
property," he forfeits the sum, and may be
punished by imprisonment for five years, by
transpoitalion for twenty yenrs, and a fine
from 5,000 to 100,000 francs Neither is he
allowed iho right of tru.l by jury. But all
offences of lha kind are submitted to a spe-
eial liibunal which It probably only an
instrument in I ho hands of the President.
The press of Spain is in no better condition
than that of France, and pretences can be
easily obtained for abolishing such papers as
are obnoxious lo the governing power.
The Spanish editor must be twenty five
years old, pay taxes of 2,000 reals in the
provinces of Madrid, or, in any other por.
lion of its kingdom, from 500 to 1,000 reals.
Olfencea of I lie preds are of eight kinds :
against iho King and the Royal lamily, the
Slate, public peace, society, religion and
morals, authority, foreign powers nnd per
sons. Ihe Government may turbid the in-
production of foreign publication.
As n general thing no capital is less profit
able than that invested in a newspaper ow
ing probaly lo the neglect of subscribers lo
pay. The National Intelligencer alone has
over S250(00Q owing to it by bad subscri
bers. Many of iho city papers, however,
after they ate well established and have ob
tained a large circulation, make money very
rapidly. Tho total circulation of the New
Yoik Tribune is 95.000 copies; Ihe annual
expenses are about 32n,000, and the annual
profits, clear of all expenses of every kind,
are upwards of 880,000. The annual profits
of savenil other papers are as follows :
Tho New York iun, S60.000 ; Journal of
Commerce, 45,000 ; Courier and Enquirer,
40.000 ; Philadelphia Ledger, 60,000, Bai-
timore Sun, 30,000 The New Yoik Herald
j supposed to be worth 150.000 ; the aggre
gate number of copies issued in a year is
near 15,000,000, 8130,000 are paid out an
nually for paper ; tliu income of the office
is 40,000 ; the advertisements are worth
150,000. It has fifteen editors and repoiters
and eighteen or twenty foreign coi respon
dents making in all, including printers,
pressmen, clerks, &o., 500 persons employ
ed in I tie establishment.
Tho United States Gazette, says an ex
change, sold a few day since for forty-fiye
thousand dollars, nml the Missouii Republi
can was purchased in 1838 for twenty-eight
thousand, and it is valued now at quo hun
dred thousand, and would probably be a
good investment at that. '
The New York Sun has n daily circulation
of fifty-three thousand, and pays out for paper
alone per annum, one hundred and, fifty
thousand, and for editors, reporters, exclu
sive of compositors, eighty thousand. It is
printed on a press which strikes off twen
ty Ihousand por hour, and its daily issue is
larger probably than lhat of any other paper
in the world. It is a penny paper, and con
ducted upon the cash system.
The Philadelphia Ledger has a daily cir
culation of fifty five thousand, and has made
its proprietors weallfcy.
The Baltimore Sun not long since erected
an iron building for ils publication house, at
a cost of seventy. fivo thousand dollars.
The London Times, the brag Journal of
Europe, is said to haye a circnlatjon of thirty-eight
thousand, and ils income of S2,000,
000 per annum, its profits are about $500..
000.
This press the Times is said tp wield
astonishing influence in Europe. "Slocks
fall with rapidity on the stroke of ils edito
rial pen, and a leading aiticle front ils gifted
conductors, will shake a throne, and may
drag down principalities and powers " It
is a joint stock concern, and its principal ed
itor received a salary sorno years since of six
ihousand pounds, or about thirty Ihousand
dollars per annum- I's advertising is eiiorm
ous, and paid for before it goes into the pa
per. Tne new advertisements in a single
day have been known lo reach as high a;
one thousand and tluriy-eiglit dollars. I'ro-
bably ihe income from this source for a sin
gle day would be two thousand, or six hun
dred thousand dollars per annum.
Owing to Ihe tyrannical laws of Fiance, the
ciroulaliqn of the press is limited. The ful
lowing is the cireulalion pj Ihe pnnjipal pa
pers in Paris.; Constitutional, 28,000 ; Sieile,
53,000 ; Presse, 16,000: Dibats, 13.000; Es
tufette, 12,000 ; Pays, 12.000; Assemble
Naiionnle, 9,000 ; Union, 6.000. Tho circu.
lalion of the rest is significant.
.
The follow ing is supposed to be the num
ber of newspapers in the world. l;i Austria
1Q, Afrfca 14, Spain 24, Porlugal 20, Asia 30,
Belgium 65, Denmark 85, Rsssia and Poland
90, Piussia 300 -other Germanio Slates 320,
Great Britain and Ireland 1000, Uujted States
2800,
Di'MNG the joint stock mania of 1842, in
England, a wag advertised a oompany for
draining the Red Sea, and recovering the
valuables dropt therein by the children of
Israel in their passage, and by the jigytjaos
in their pursuit.
A QcKDAar. A baker with both arms in
ihe douith. up to bis elbows, and a flea in
the leg cf bis trousers.
THE I.ADY FREE MISOS.
Hon. Elizabeth Si L -ger, was the only fe
male who was ever initiated Inlo the ancietil
and honorable mystery of Freemasonry.
How she obtained this honor, we shall lay
beforo our readers, promising that our in for
mal ion is derived from the best sources.
Lord Doneraile, Miss St. Legei's father, a
very zealous Mason, held a warrant and oc
casionally opened lodge at Donetaile House,
his sous and some intimate friends assisting ;
and it is said, lhat never was masenic duties
more rigidly performed than by the brethren
of No. 150, the number of their warrant. Il
appears that previously to the initiation of a
gentleman tp the first steps of masonry, Miss
St. Lege r, who was a young gill, happened
to ba in nn apartment adjoining the loom
generally used as a iodge rocm ; but whether
ihe young lady was there by deuign or acci
dent, we cannot confidently sale. The room
at the time was undergoing some alleralion ;
among other things, the wall was considera
bly reduced in one part, for the purpose of
making a saloon. The young lady having
heard the voices of Ihe freemasons, and be
ing prompted by Ihe curiosity natural to all,
to see this rr.yslery so long and so serrelly
locked tip from public view, had the courage
to pick a btick from the wall wilh her scis
sors, and thus witnessed the two first steps of
the ceremony.
Curiosity gratified, tear at once took pos.
session of her mind, and those who under
stand this passage well know what the feel
ings of any person must be who could un
lawfully behold that ceremony ; let them
then judgo w hat were the the feelings of a
young gill undor such extraordinary circum
stances There was no mode of escape, ex
cept through the very room where the con
cluding part ni" l'e second step was still being
solemnized, at the far end, and the loom a
very large one. Miss St. Logar had resolu
liin sufliccnl to attempt her escape that way,
and with light but trembling ctcps glided
along unobserved, laid her hand on (he han
dle of the door, and opening it, before her
stood, to her dismay, a grim and stuly Tiler,
with his Ions sword unsheathed.
A shriek that pierced through tho apait
ment alarmed the memtois of the Lodge,
w ho, all rushing to the door, and finding lhat
Miss Si. Leger had been in the room during
the ceremony, resolved, it is said, in Ihe par
oxysm of Iheir rage, to put the fair specta
tress lo death; but at the moving and earn
est supplicalion pf her youngest brother, her
life was spared on condition of her going
through the two remaining steps of the sol
emn ceremcr.y sl;e had unlawfully witnessed.
This she consented to, and they conducted
the beautiful and terrified young lady ihiough
lliose Iriais which are sometimes more than
enough for masculine resolution', little think
ing they were laken inlo the bosom of their
craft a member that would aftetward reflect
a lustre on the annals of Masonry.
Miss St. Leger was directly descended
from Sir Richard de St. Leger, who accom
panied William tho Conquerer to EnRland,
and whs of thul high repute that he wilh his
own hand supported the prince when he
first went out ol his ship to land in Sussex.
Miss St. Leger was cousin to General An;
thony St. Leger, Governor of St. Louis, who
Instituted the interesting lace ond Ihe cele
brated Duncaster St. Leger stakes. Eventu
ally she married Richard IJworth, Esq , of
Newmarket, a member of a highly ponoja
tie and ancient family. Whenever a bene
fit was given at ony of ihe Iheulres in Dublin
or Coik for the Masonic Female orphan Asy
lum, Mrs Aljworlli walked at the head of
the Freemasons, with her apron and other
insignia of Freemasonry, and sa in tho front
row of the stage box. The house was al
ways crowded on these occasions. The por
trait of this esiimable woman is in tho lodge
room of almost every lodge in Ireland.
MR. IllVrSP THEHFATII OF S l BSTER
At a meeting of American citizens, held
16th November, at the American Club, Hue
Montniar're, Palis, Mr. Riyes, U.S. Minister,
delivered an eloquent address, in which he
passed a high eulogium upon Mr. U ebater,
and made a comparison between him and
Mr, Clay; He aaid
It was my privilege, and a gre?.f ope un
doubtedly esteem it, lo have served in both
Houses of Congress with lliese extraordinary
men; and, dilleriug from them, as I some
limes did, oil questions of public policy, il
now affords me ihe most sincere satisfaolion
to bear my humble testimony to the wonder
ful endowments which gavo ihem the lead
they possessed in the public council of their
country, hmiuent as Ihey both were, and
standing on lue same line of eminence, there
were yet remarkable and characteristic dif
ference between them. If I were to venture
an opinion n rpgaul to their respective ex
cellencies, I should say lhat the one, ihough
adorned wiib the highest gifis of the oialor,
was yet more pre-eminent as the greol prao
tical statesmen and loader j the oiher, though
possessing all the acconiplishmenls of the
statesman, was yet more distinguished as tho
unrivalled orator and jurist. The one, by the
force of his character a:;.J will, and his high
personal attribute, as'aerled a control oyer
the hearts and actions of men; the other, by
the majesiio displays of his intellect, wrought
upon their minds, and moulded their semi
monls and cpnyjotjony. Tfce one will be re
memj;ered more by ihe length and variety
of bis public service, and the great and ben
eficenl measure of national policy yhicb he
originated and carried; the other, by the
grand and lofty inspirations of bis genius em
bodied in bis speeches aua ujacoiiiaae.
The o.i resembled hi own Misjinipjai,
which traversing immense regions, anr (e3y
by mighty and abundant tributaries from ihe
right Hnd from Ihe left, bears Ibe galberetjj
riches of an empire npori i; bosom, w bilo
pouring ils rapid and restless current pir.vaid.
to :he sea ; ihe other, ihe aw ful and a'ubiime
Niagaro, spanned by the celestial bow, and
amiil the thunder cf its caterac', cn.ptyiii
seas at a piungo and then, sinking into the'
quietude of repose. TliPse great men were
equally distinguished by the largeness andj
elevation of their viaws. They had foimeil,
Ihe noblest conception of the mission ami
destinies of their country in the race of mod-j
em civilization, and their thoughts, their sen
timents, nnd their language were habitually
adjusted to that standard. Their feelings
were national and catholic, looking always
to the preservation of the Union, ns the atk,
of our political safe'y, the sole security for
our liberties, as well as our peace and pros
perity. To lhat great cause the last labors
of Iheir lives were consecrated w ith a zeal,
and devotion, according to iheir respective
positions in the public councils, which will,
ever command the honor end qral;tude o.
their countrymen.
The C. S.SIoup-of-War at. Loals la a Slorra.
The United States sloop-of-war St. Louix,
D. U, Inialiam, Commander, bound froni
Tunis to Tripoli, encountered tho gale when
off Iho coast of "Tripoli, and is believed to be
one of the few vessels that survived it, It is
believed that if the gale had lasted ten hours
longer, sbo too would bave been driven
ashore. A letter from one of her officers)
published in the Delaware Republican, fur
nishes the following thrilling account of tha
storm :
When about 70 miles from Tripoli, tha,
wind freshened, and sharp lightning wasdis
cernable enrne distance astern of us, although
it was ma.viigUt, and but few clouds to bo
seen. We had a lair wj.iu, and all sails set.
About 10 o'clock on the nigh', of the 20th,
we had to lake in all sail double reef Iho
topsails and at 12 o'clock had to cluso reef,
the main topsails, and foil the fore and mi
en, set the storm stay-sail, and heave tho
ship o ; the w ind blowing on shore, made
us on a loe shoie : by this time there was a
heavy sea running and di ifting us on shore)
at the rate of 3 or 4 knots per hour . the galo
still raging with increased fury all day of the
21st. At midnight il commenced thnudering
and lightning, w hich increased so that wo
had to furl the main topsail, and could carry
nothing but the fure storm-stay sail, and,
main storm-stay-sail, both very small sails;
the captain called ajl tj.e officers on deckj
and battered down the hatches fore and afl ;
all anchors ready for letting go, and with!
axes in hand we stood ready to cut away the
masts, it was a terrifying scgna. The birth
deck was scuttled, the wind, blowing and,
roaiing so fuiiously lhat we could not hear
each otherspeak. While baterngdown the
after hatch, myself and men were almost
drowned by the for;:e of the water from tha
lee waist, which was under water up to our.
hatches. It was gloomy and dark, although,
the moon was up ; all officers and men drench
ed with salt writer, we tun life lines along Its
hold on by, all shivering with ihe cojd and,
anxious t? see daylight.' The gale still ra-J
ging on Ihe morning of the 22d, all down
heailed, being so near the shore in such a,
heavy gale, (about 18 miles from ihe rocksj
what a sulorriu thought that there we should
soon be diiveu by the fury of the storm, as
she would certainly strike in 9 fathoms o(
water.
As a last resort, Ihe Captain sailed his of
ficers together, and consulted what was best
to be done under existing circumstances, and
ihey concluded, that in order to prevent such
a sad catastrophe, il was necessary to crowd
on all sail, which they did close reefing
the foresail and main topsail, but it was
more than she could bear it put ier almost
on her beam end:', thus throwing her lee,
and lee guns all under water, which forced
itself tin to the hatches, her main yard al
most in the water, when, thanks to an ever;
ruling Providence, Ihe wind shifted all at
once, and such, a happy eel you never saw',
some of the officers clapping their hand
and rejoicing in the prospect of their fteliv;
erance.
I should mention, however, lhat just be
fore the wind shii'ted, (wo doves lit on the
ship, aft, remaining but a few minutus, and
then disappparinj, and in a short lime the
wind in a measure ceased, when tho biids
returned to the ship, as if lo encouragrt the
hands still lo hope for deliverance from iheir
perilous situation. If it had not calmed
when it did, the hip St. Louis would have
daahed to pieces, and her officers and crew
would be sleeping their last sleep on the
rocky shores of Tripoji. During the wholg
scene the Captain acted well.
The ship finally reached H.alia, on the
30ih of October, encountering bad winds
and undei double reefed topsails all the way
having been injured considerably, ancj
where they would have to go to wink, atv
repair her as socn as possible.
Ai-stsia (says an English Journal) i run-
uiug the career of a bankrupt and a spend.
thrift, and only keeps together by eoeicion.
Prussia and the other States of Germany
are in a strong grasp of a military despot-
i i
The Legislature of Indianna, at it lato
session, ordered a fence to be erocte
around the Tippjcanoo battle groaoiL,
Frashlim and Washington never spoke
longer than tea minutes at a time a goo)
eismple for modern orators