Ins brcnJt an! straining his last breath,
gave the cry, "to arms ! to tinned Quick
as thftightthc youthful bandit lashed from
Ins Covert, followed by liis devoted band,'
tlud U -Mwitifr opon tlic outer door, gained
).." A Well led to the prisoner's dun-
Onon, they made ! while the shrill
vnco of Hcnriqucz could over and anon bo
li'ird urging; them on "by their hopes of sal
vation, 10 tno rescue ot their chiefs daugh
tcr. 'Tlii3 way ! tho rescue ! men of Ilil
debrand, charge 1 and a glorious reward is
yourn, cried tho infuriated lover, as his
sword passed through the heart of thu last
fctfntry.
Dnik and fearful was tho struggle th
moss covered floor was slippery with lui
n in gore ami many a gallant soul was
iaul lotv in death on that occasion. The
ri.nhiiii of arms still neivaded to a fcarfu
twn', when a wild shriek, followed by the
r pou oi a pisioi, rung inrougn tne nan
r-ul was succeeded by cries for help. lien
iHres shuddered it was the imploring
toico ol lsierino I anil cutting down the
"oidicrs which obstructed his passage, he
dashed into the ill-fated cell. Before him
lay struggling in death, the huge frame
the King's executioner; whilst another was
t ndeavoring to wrest a loaded pistol from
the hands of Esterine. Hut a moment, and
his fate was decided ho fell a bleeding
rorpso at tier lect. I lie ellort was too much;
i.tenno swooned in the arms of her lover.
t litis crisis, the loud cries of victory, arose
Jiom tho triumphant banditti, who flushed
vith success; commenced hacking to pieces
th- i'ad bodios ; while they repeatedly
asTied 'where's our gallant captain? whore's
Jtlenriqucz f
Hea hare,' replied Henriquez, leadin
forth Lsterinc from tho dreary dungeon
ana holding in his right hand his blood
stained sword and. presenting to the band of
liberators, a scene not unlike that of The
ecus, hearing the beautious queen of Dis,
lrem the descent of Avcrnus. 'And now,'
, , r ... t. . . .
conunuea nenriquez, 'tne oioouv wont is
done we have gained the prize; and flush
cu wuii victory wo wilt return to our
chief!'
They returned and that night saw the
affianced twain joined in the bands of mat
rimony. BMW H ) Vijyi
By
lllO following account of a Dublic
meeting held in London, which we extract
from tho Philadelphia Satuiday Courier, it
appears that England is in a very unsettled
stale, and that the reign of the beautiful
queen is not likely to be altogether as
peaceful as has been anticipated.
THE WORLD ABROAD.
Wo again turn lo our foreign journals
frith tho object of gleaning every thing that
fywisca interest and importance. Wenl
luded a week or two ago to tho movements
tf the Chartists and their threats of arming
and obtaining by force, what 13 denied to
to their petitions. We have before us the
proceedings of their National Convention
in London, at which Fergus O'Connor and
ono or two others made inllammatoiy
speeches. A Mr. Frost presided. A res
olution was moved by a delegate from Ed
inburgh, who in the course of some remarks
stated that his colleagues had gone into dif
ferent parts of tho country for the purpose
of arousing the people, who were ground
down lo labour at 2d, Wd, and 5l(, per
da. This b scarcely credible; but if true,
fcxibits in broad contrast, the superior con
dition of the laborers of this country, as
compared with those on the other side of
the water. Fergus O'Connor alluded to
tho petition that was preparing for Parlia
ment, and said that the petition should be
backed by millions of signatures, not lo
show the wishes of the people, for they
were known, tut to show that they were de
termined by moral force if they could, but
all events, to have universal suffrage. (The
cheers which succeeded this declaration
continued for several minutes.) Whom but
the Commons had the people to petition ?
Not the Queen ? She, poor thing, could
not even see the wild beasts on Wednesdays
and Fridays, '(loud laughter.) Not the
Lords ! That liotfse was principally com
posed 'of parties who were deemed worthy
of the peerage only when they had lost the
conliJenco of tiro people, (loud cheers.)
There had been now four nights' debate on
tho corn-laws; but would there be such a
debate xn the charier, (no, no !) If the peo
ple expected that their petition, in conse
quence of being signed by one, or two or
three, or ten millions, would obtain them
univsisil suffrage, they were mistaken; and
Jie would tell the members of tho Conven-
l o:i, though now happy, smiling and com-
lor'r 'e irounu turn, that that the people
vould i i.pose a duty on them vory soon af
ter tuo presentation ot the petition, (cheers;)
and if he diJ not misjudge tho power and
determination of those who wero opposed
to tiicm ihqy would also do their duty-; and
if thny should, there must ho martyrs hc
1 r. universal suffrage would be attained,
(renewd applause.) The people should
recollect thnt a million of petitions would
nut dislodge a single troop of -dragoons, and
they ought to act on thnt recollection,
(i-'ieers.) And if those in power should
be determined lo oppose their claims by
v I'ice, they could resist force by force,
and iheu farewell to (the concluding words
were lost in tho plaudils which followed.)
Had he been an Irish peasant he would have
long since rehellod and ho only blamed his
countrymen for ihe patience with which
Ihoy had endurod their misfortunes.
Mr. James IL Orlen said lie knew that
tho House of commons would reject their
petition, whatever might bo the number of
signatures, unless there was a similar num
ber of pikes at a short distance behind them,
(laughter and cheers. As tho convention
anticipated the rejection of their demands,
so wero thoy determined to proceed to ulte
rior measures (cheer). As tho House ol
Commons was elected by only 000,000 out
of 25,000,000, he did not consider that it
existed by the consent of the nation. If
he should see the petitions signed by mill
ions, he would consider that he had a right
to try any measures from marbles to man
slaughter for carrying out that petition, (ve
hement applause.) If they should have it
signed by three of every ono by whom the
Commons wero elected, they would have a
right to take the government on themselves
if they could, (loud cheors.) By the law of
nature, wealth should follow industry ; but
how was the case in this country 1 The
entire agricultural and manufacturing pro
duce of the country wa3 411 . millions a
year Tho upper classes paid themselves
300 millions for managing thu affair of the
nation, while producers had only 90 mill-,
ions, though they wero as three to one.
This should be rectified. Hut to prevent I
that, the upper classes levied fil millions in
taxes to keep tho people down. They
should all sign the petition, and be ablo to
say with a correspondent of his from the
north, who, in a letter he received onlv the
dav before, said, "there is not a laboring
man hero from 21 to 00, who has not sign
ed the petition, and there is a pike for eve
ry signature" (loud cheers.) Now he would
not advise ihein to get pikes or guns, be
cause the law did not allow him and that
was his only reason, (laughter.) He was
only an historian. All the men of Leeds
and Lancashire had got pikes. He did not
recommend iliose present to get them also
he only mentioned the laut. (chcurs and
laughter.) As soon as that petition is re
jecied, I am rcadj, so help me God, to do
whatever my constituents shall command
me. (cheers.) our business now is short
and plain sign the petition contribute to
tho funds of the Convention. Organise
yourselves into permanent associations on
which tho Uonvciition may fall back m
time of need. Put yourselves in a condi
tion of defence, so that if anv altemDt is
made to suspend the laws and constitution
of the country as you arc the right arm
of tho state as you are the parties to whom
the goverment appeals to fight iis battles,
ou may be enabled to hurl the traitors into
eternity if they should attempt to destroy.
(the concluding words wero lost in " the
thundering plaudits which greeted these
sentiments.) If you will put your selves
into that state of defenee, you may leave
the rest toyourowii right arm aud to Prov
idence ; or in other words, to "the Cod of
Justice andnhe God of Baliles." fit is
impossible to convey an idea of tho acla-
mations,waving of hats.and other indication
t ardent popular approval with which this
ast sentence was received.)
Wc confess this looks verv like rebellion
and it accounts in some measure for the re
cent pertinacity of the Queen iusisiing up
on an increase of the police of London.
We may add that Lord Melbourne has ad-
mitted in the House of Lords, that thou-
amis ol tho Chartists in vaious sections of
le empire, were providing thamselvrs
with arms. The Government, wo need
scarcely add, is not asleep. A rural police
is in contemplation, in which a paid con
stabulary is to be established in any county
riding or division under control of tho Ma
gistrates of the Districts, provided they or
the Guardians of the Poor, or a certain por-
nun ui nits lnuauiianis, snail apply to the
Police Commissioners for that purpose.
Unusual activity also prevailed in the Ordi
nance department. Very extensive con-
tracts had been entered into for the supdIv
f military and naval stores of all descriii-
tions, large quantities of which had already
been shipped off from tho Tower, as well
for colonies as for various parts of tho Uni
ted Kingdom. The Government, however
appeared to experience very little alarm,
apparently satisfied, cither that the first out
break would be readily overcome, or that
the Chartists themselves did not possess
the requisite elements of harmony and con
cert of action.
.'1 Queer Story. We copy from the
New Orleans Sun of the 17th inst. the fol
lowing lather incredible story ;
'A gentleman went into Proctor's Coffee
House on Monday night, about 11 o'clock,
to get a glass of wiuej and while waiting
for it, was suddenly startled by tho cries of
a young babe, which seemed to proceed
from some part of his person. Ho ran his
hand quickly into one of the pockets of his
over coat, and pulled out a Utile re
sponsibility, about four days old. Some
one had thrust it into his pocket in the
course of the evening, and he knew nothing
of it until the infant began to squall.'
Emigration, We understand that all
the Havre packets are coming out foil 0f
passengers, mostly German agriculturists
of tho best class. Tho now ship Iowa, of
Tlnltan TiViv .nt r.1ii!i.l..i.. I
wunwti . uitM j ii w niaiuii d llliu, lias lOUT
hundred persons of this class, all bound
for Illinois and Michigan. By this process
our Western lands will soon bo taken up,
and immense woalth added to' the country
by an hontwt and industrious population,
We wonder whether our Dutch President
has had any thing to do with this business,
Wc clip the following frorri a series of
papers published in the New York Ex
press, entitled "New Ybtk 30 years ago,"
viz: 1803.
In July of this vear. died the celebrated
JamesJItivington, who was the famous prill'
lor to tho king and prior to tho revolution
published the lloyal Gazette. His carriers
went through the streets ringing a bell, and
crying out " bloody news 1" " bloody
news 1" " the rebels defeated I" &c. &c
Hu owned tho building, and kept his office,
at the corner of Wall and Pearl streets, long
known as Hone's auction room. This
properly Strange to say, lira never been
sold, but now belongs to his daughter.
Thero is a fact concerning Mr. ltivington
and the celebrated Ethan Allen, that is wor
thy ol record here : It may me remember
ed, that it was long after the peace befnro
the British evacuated the city. Matiy of
the rclugces most obnoxious left for Nova
Scotia, or England, ltivington remaiued.
He had been bold in his misrepresentations
of the " rebels," and so personal in his re
marks, that although he had assurances from
governor Clinton, of safety for his person
and property, yet there were some expected
visitors that he did not wish to see. The
foremost of these was Ethan Allen. Riv
ington was a fine portly looking man, and
powder. At last Allen appeared. His
clerk who first saw him, well knew his
master's horror for Allen. ltivington after
wards gave Mr. Dunlap the following ac
count of the meeting : " I was sitting af
ter a good dinner, alone with my bottle of
Madiera before mc, when I heard an unusu
al noise in the street, and a huzza from tho
boys. I was in the second story, and on
stepping to the window, saw a tall figure
in tarnished regimentals, with large cocked
hat, and an enormously long sword, follow
ed by a crowd of boys, who occasionally
cheered him with huzzas, of which he
seemed insensible. Ho camo up to my
uoor ami stopped l could seo no more
my heart told me it was Ethan Allen- I
shut down my window, and retired behind
my table and bottle. I was certain the hour
of reckoning was comoi There was no
retreat. Mi. Staples, niv clerki came in
paler than ever, aud clasping his hands said,
' master he has come. I know it He en
tered the store and asked if Jame3 Riving
ton lived here. I answered, Yes, sir.' ' Is
he at home V I will go and seo. sir.' I said:
and now master, what is to be done ? There
he is, sir, in the store, and the bovs need
ing at him from the street, ' I had made
up my mind I looked at the Mcdiera
possibly took a glass. Show him uo. said
I; and I thought if such Madiera cannot
molify him, hu must be harder than adamant.
There was a fearful moment of susnense.
I listened I heard him on the stairs, and
heard his long swoid' clanking on every
step. In he slaked. '.Is your' name Jamps
Kivingtoii .'" ltv.3 sir, and no trlaii could
bu more happy to see General Elhau Allen
take a chait, sir, by the table; and after
wards a glass ol this Madeira. Ho sat
down and began' Sir. I come.' Not a
word General, till you take a glass, and I
filled ten years old, on mv own kcen'mc
another glass, sir. and then wc will talk
of old affairs. Sir, we finished two bot
tles, and parted as good friends as if noth-
ng had ever happened to make us other
wise.
Over-Feeding. Mr
bnerthv agreed
with the opinion entertained by 'Franklin,
who said that nine-tenths of tho diseases
were caused bv over-feeding. The learned
surgeon, in one of his lectures in 1B27, thus
addressed his hearers: "1 tell you hon
estly what I think is the cause of the com
plicated .maladies of the human race; it is
their gormandizing and stuffing, and stimu
lating their digestive organs to axeess, there-
uy producing nervous disorders and irrita
tion. The state of their minds is another
grand cause; fidgctting and discontenting
themselves about that which cannot bo
helped; passions of all kinds malignant
passions and worldly cares, pressing upon
the mind, disturbs the cerebral action, and
docs a great deal of hatm."
Substitute for the Sun. The newlv in-
vented light of Mr. Gaudin, on which ex
penmcnts were recontly made at Paris, is
an improved modification of the well known
invention of Lieut. Drummond. Whiln
Drumrnodd pour3 a stream of oxygen gas,
through spirits of wino, upon unslackcd
lime, Gaudin makes use of a more ethcrial
kind of oxygen, which he conducts through
essence of turpentine. Tho Drummonil
light is fifteen times stronger than that of
uuining gas: tno Uaudm light is, we are
assured by the inventor, as strong as the
sun, or thirty thousand stronger than gas,
and, of course ten limes more than Drum
niond's. The method by which Mr. Gau
din proposes to turn the' new invention to
uso is singularly strifting. He nronoscs to
erect in tho Island of Ncuf, in the middle of
the heme and centre of Pans, a light house,
five hundred feet high, in which is to be
placed a light from a hundred thousand to a
million of gas pipes strong, the
bo varied as tho nights are light or dark.
Pans will thus enjoy a sort of perpetual
unjr, uiiu iH duuh ua uiu bun oi tne Heaven
is sot, the sun ot tho Point Neuf will rise
Mechanics Magazine.
Martial Law Ended in Canada The
last number received of the Montreal Cour
ier says : " A proclamtinn has been issued
by his Excellency, tho Governor General,
declaring that martial law has ceased to be
in force in the district of St. Francis frm
ana alter tne 13m inat,'
A CoBJvevsaf ton en the Pauses;
Catharine. Jane, havo you seen that
beautiful book which was presented to my
sister on Chrislmas day ?
Jaitt. Yes, she lent it io mo to read,
and I have almost finished it.
C. Will you be So kind as to inform mc
why the printers mako so many little dots,
and crooked things in the books 1 am sure
they are not letters.
J. They are not truly letters; but they
arc hs useful and necessary as the letters,
for without them wo would not know how
to read.
C. How can they assist in reading ?
A--They aic called pauses or stops, and
show us when or where we must make
short pauses, and wheie wo must make
full stop. This little round dot . which
is placed at the end of a sentence, is called
a period; and when we come to it in read
ing wo must stop as if we were done.
C. Well I can remember that, but here
are two of them : What shall I do when
I come to two of them in reading ?
J- You must not stop as long as you do
at the other. It is called a colon, at which
the readers voice should pause the time of
pronouncing four syllables.
6. But here is a period : with a little
crooked thing under it, what is it?
J. It is styled a semicolon; at which the
voice should stop the time of pronouncing
two syllables. What you call the little
uiuuuuu uiiiig wnen u stanus alone is a
comma, denoting a pause of one syllable.
C. I perceive these characters are im
portant. But what shall wo call this crook
ed mark ? with a dot under it ? I think
it will puzzle you to explain its use.
J. It is a note of interrogation shows
that a question is asked, and the sentence
preceding it ihould bo closed with a raised
tone of voice, unless the question is asked,
by who, which, what, hoiu, why, when,
where, tvhercfore, in which case, it takes
thu falling inflection.
C. Thank you mam, for your explana
tions, will you bo so kind as to inform mc
of the use of this strait mark I with a peri
od under it ?
A It is a note of exclamation, being a
matk Of wonder, surprise, or admiration.
kl which the reader's voice should general
ly bo suspended long enough lo count four.
C. But hero is a mark - thai seems to
unite woidsj What name shall I give it ?
It is a hyphen, being used in con
nccting compound words, as, ink-stand. It
is also used when a word is divided, and
tho former part of tho word is written at
the end of one line, and the latter part of it
at tho beginning of another. In this case,
the hyphen should always bo placed at the
end of the first line.
C. I thought it appeared to connect
words. But what is the use of these ( )
semi or half circles ?
J- They are called a parenthesis, which
includes something explanatory; which, if
omitted, would not obscure the sense. Tho
words in a parenthesis should be read with
a weaker tone of voice than the rest of the
sentence, I
C. Why 1 look Jane, here is a comma '
placed above the line. Do you suppose
tho printer made a mistake, by placing it
here, for it certainly does no good above the
line.
J. Tho reason, why, you think it docs
no good thero is, because you do not know
Us use. It is an apostrophe which shows
tho possessive case, as, Jame's book. It
is likowise used to show that some letter or
letters are omitted; as 'tis, for, it is.
C. Why do the printers put such cros
ses 1 1 in the books, the pretty little stars
ombelish the pages, but I think 'tis useless
to have so many of them.
J' They are asterisks or obelisks, be
ing used to direct tho reader to some note
or remark, at the side or bottom of tho
page.
ft What is this mark A that is placed
under the lino which rosetnbles an inverted
v?
J. It is a caret which shows that some
letter or word has been omitted through a
mistake, in this caso the letter or word,
should be inserted abovo tho line, and tho
caret under it.
ft Why do they placo two inverted com
mas " at tho bcgining of a sentence and
two apostrophes at its conclusion ? lain
sure it cannot be lo denoto a pause or sus
pension of the voice, for other pauses aro
used in conjunction with them.
1
J They arc styled i quotatidil, being
used when wo quote the words of an other
author; by tllb use of which we may adopt
the language of an other, and not bb guilty
of plagiarism or lilorary theft.
ft Well Jane if that be its use I think vrd
had better place the inverted commas at tho
begining of our conversation, and considor
tho quotation, as its conclusion.
NOVITIATE.
Blobnisburg May 1 Oth. 1620.
HV C. n. BCCKAI.BW.
AMERICAN GREATNESS.
Aristodralidal Edropc, her puVse proncf
nobility, and imbecile potentates, havb anil
may sneer at American greatness, Elitd
pean tourists, who have superficially exam
ined our institutions and national character,'
havo prophetically foretold the etenlful an
nihialation of Republicanism in the West'
ern Hemisphere and the prophecy has"
been reiterated from the lungs of abolition
ism, nullification and disunion in our own
land. Historical records aro pointed to as
affording proof that tho seeds of convulsion
and ruin are implan.ed in the first princi
ples of republicanism. But notwithstand
ing all this doleful array of orainious proph
ecies, both of foreign and native origin, wo
would risk our future and perpetuated exist
ence as a nation, upon the argument embod
ied in ihc word, Invention. Union consti
tutes power, strength, safety and perpetuity.
American Invention has joined and mingled
scctionai interests. It has united in tho lig
aments of Union, noflh and south, east and
west. By Invention, the loitUous rail road
is made to walk tho dizzy craggs of tho
mountain, and tho steamboat snorts tho
breath of invention as it strides the purple
wavos of the Mississippi or Hudson. Our
internal improvements are to our nation
what the veins are to the human system
they open a communication and give
vigor to the operations of government and
traffic. Apart from these, that stunendoua
engine of knowledge, the Press, another
worii ot Invention, irradiates like the sun.
the arctic regions of ignorance; pisbursing
information mollifying to tho corrosive in
fluence of superstition. With knowledge,
invention, enterprize, wisdom, ingenuity,
liberty and toleration, prolific and abound
ing in the elements of American society,
reason looks forward and noints to Ameri.
-.
can greatness, inscribed on the tablets o(
eternal existence, und tells of future glory.
which shall eclipse tho pale legends of nast
deeds.
SERIOUS FRAUD.
Jonathan K. Hassinirer. ib 1t P.;.
dent of the Philadelphia, Gurmantown and
nurnsiown uau-roati company, has been
arrested in this city on a charge of conspi
racy to defraud, &e. The facts which
led lo this arrest are these. Vnr
timo past, Mr. II. has been in the habit of
obtaining large sums of money from vari
ous persons, upon the nfmnisanrv nnt
certificate of stocks and ceitificatos of loan
ot the company of which ho was President.
These notes and certificates, as thrv hr
the corporate seal and, were authenticated
uy mo proper ollicers ol the company,
were of course presumed to hn funm-
and the high character of Mr. H. cnablod
him to procuro upon them an aggregate a
mount of nearly one hundred ifinim.-nifl hi
lars. Some circumstances which ocurred
during the last week led to investigation;
aud it was then found that all of these issues
had been made without any authority from
uiu lumpily, una mat tne pioceeds had
been appropriated bv tho Prnsiilnnt.
received them, to his own private usos.
ma uisiaosurc necessarily excited great a
larm; and in consequence of the farther de
velopemeiits to which it led, it was deemed
advisable to institute criminal proceedings
againstthonersonsimnlii.ntf.il Mr w ,;?,
the Secretary, it is said derived no advan-
So lruin mo liiiuis tl-us surrcptiiioiiBlv ob
tained, though he was cognizant of tho pro-
.i.t...iiKa ui uiu i-rt'Biueiii, and made no re
port lo the Directors, nor gave any caution;
to the public.
As may well be supposed, tins affair has'
created no little excitement in this commu
nity. Mr. Hassingcr was not only rent..
rally reputed to bo possessed of a lar"o for
tune, bui he was believed to be of spotless
integrity, and his credit was such that he
could havo obtained any reasonable facili
ties, i he cause which led him to this des
perate and destructive course is understood
to have been large speculations in stocks,
m which he vraa an extensivo operator. As
tho matter is now in train for legal adjudi
cation, we forbear commentary for tho pre-
It it is said that nearly a thousand Saxon
lately arrived at New Orleans bound fof
Iowa or Missouri, with upward of, ono
hundred thousand pounds sterling in gold
and silver. Such a company would ba
vory welcome to therichopeninssof Mich
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