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KICAN
"TO MY ItOV IN IIF.AYKX."
The nursery shows thy pictured wall,
Thy bat. thy bow,
Thy cloak nnd bonnet, club and b ill ;
A corner holds lliv empty rh dr,
Thy p'nythii'cs idly scattered there
But speak lo us of our despair.
Eten to the Inst thy every wmd,
To rI id, to prieve,
Was sweet as sweetest song or bird
On summer's eve ;
In rtitwnrd lieaii'y Hndecayed,
Death o'er thy spirit cast no shade.
And like the rainbow thou didst dice.
We mourn Tor thee, when blind blank night
The clumber fi'N:
We pine f.ir thee, when mom's fiM light
Re.U. r-s the hills;
The sun. the moon, the stars, the sei.
All, to the wall flower and iviM pen,
Are changed we saw the wot Id through thee ;
And though, perchance, a (-mile may gleam
Of easu.il mirth,
It doth not own, ivhali'cr may seem,
An inwiinl biilh ;
We mis-" thy small etrp on the s'air;
We miss thee at thine eveninii pr.iyer ;
All d.iy we miss thee, every where.
Yet 't is sweet balm to our despair,
Fond, fairest liny !
That Heaven is Cod's, and thou ait there,
With Him in joy :
There pat are death anil all its woes;
There beauty "a stream for ever flows ;
And pleasure's day no sunset knows.
Farewell, then for a while farewell
-Pride of my heart !
It cannot be long that we dwell
Thus lorn apart.
Time's shadows, l.ke the shuttle, flee ;
And, dink l.oweVr lif's night may be,
Beyond the grave I'll meet with thee.
Knirlifi barker.
From the Democratic. Review.
Otli;liml Anrcdolrt of 'Washington.
by abstaining fiom the destruction of nil ani
mals, however inferior, whenever it muld hp
done consistently with the safety and absolute
wants o( man, with uittistial scrupulousness. As
I was once walking with him over the grounds
of Mount Vernon, a small snake, of a harmless,
species, appeared in our path. I instinctively
lifted my heel to crush it, when lie instantly
caught my arm, and in a tone of earnest expos-
deed ofa plantation from General Washington
to me, which I show you, not only as h curiosi
ty of itself, but for the sake of introducing the
pleasant little incident out of which it originat
ed. Soon after leaving the General' employ
ment, I chanced to he riding through the in
terior of Virginia, when I came across a desert
ed p'nntatinn, the situation and general appear
ance of which, though overrun with weed.- and
filiation, exclaimed, 'Stay, sir! is there not : hushes, yet p'ea.icd me so much that I took the
room enough in the world for you and that harm
less little reptile! Bemcmbcr, that life is all
every thing to the creature, and canni.t he
unnecessarily taken without indirectly impugn
ing its Creator, who bestowed it to he enjoyed
first opportunity to make some inquiries concer
nitig its ownership, &c, and was told that it
was supposed to belong to General Washing
ton. The night alter 1 reached home, I went
to sleep thinking of this plantation, and wonder-
with its appropriate pleasures, through its na- j ing that 1, who supposed 1 knew all Washing
tural term of existence.' I ton's lands, never heard of it before : when I
J "The same system and order which was ex- ' happened, I know not why, to dream that the
hihitcd by Washington in all his public transac- j General made a present of it to me. The next
! tions, was seen in all his private acts and do- I day, as it further happened, I rodeovcr to Mount
j me.-tic arrangements; even his charities, I Vernon, the. General being then at. homo. After
i which were not stinted, were nicely systotna- j attending to the more immediate object of my
I tized. It washis custom, in years of plenty, to j visit, I asked him if he owned such. a plantation
honrd up grain against times of scarcity. And j as the one 1 had seen, now describing it to him.
when such times arrived he threw open his ' At first he replied in the negative, hut soon
Morehouse to the poor; and however irresponsi- ; rising and going to cotsult a book in which he
hie they might he, he always made it a point to j kept a record of all hisdeeds, he said he did own
supply them in preference to others with all this tract of land, but though of value, he had
the grain they needed at the old or ordinary ' rntircl) evcrlooked it for some years,
prices, for which he regularly took their bonds j "'Well, General,' said I, banteringly, M
or notes, but never demanded payment. J dreamed last night that you gave mc that plan-
"Sonie writers, in treating of the pri'tite cha- j ,a'lon
ractcr of General Washington, intimate that he j "Washington, contrary to his usual habit,
was a man of warm tempe r, which would often i ,il"P,,,, outright, and observe J.
have exhibited itself hut for his great self com- j . " 'Vou did not dream Mount Vernon away
mand. His F.-lf command was -undoubtedly ,rom n,l' ,1,1 -vou "ir !'
great, but I do not think he had often to exer- " no-1 w" MO? P'asping thai, though
cisc it to prevent any outbreaks of passion. On 1 hnnettly 1-nd the dream,' I replied, in the
the contrary I believe him to have been mild, j M,ne vfin "f pleasantry; when nothing more
and not easily milled : certainly cpiite as much j l,eing said, the affair on my part passed from
so as men in general. I never saw him angry j niy niindas a joke, and was forgotton. It seem
but once in my life. And Ihis was considered I pJ. however, that my dream was not so vain a
so remarkable a thing by myself, as well as his j "c 88 1 had supposed, for the next morning, as
family, that although we knew he had good j 1 wns lakln? my lcavo. tbc i.rneral dropped a
cause to he provoked, or .uch ot leas as would 1 f'lllie"' P"Prr '",0 my hat. carelessly remarking
have provoked most other men to nnrrer. wo i tIlBt 1 con1,1 'xnniine it ni some Icismro opportn-
were yet greatly surprised, and looked upon it j I 1 id so, and to my agreeable surprise,
as quite an anomaly in the General's life. It ! "u,,u 11 10 un VPr' ,lccn- n,a"e nnl- PT"m'
happened while h'e was President and travel- j bl3'. ' had retired the night before, and
ling in his carrirge, with a small retinue of out- conveying, us you perceive, for the consider.
riders, from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia. It 1 lion oi natural aitoction, ti.e valuable pianta
was during the first day of our journey, and we
.i i. . i . e , i i
r, . . . , , i , ; ,i ,i , n were pass n;j ii rou-'ii uiu uurre ue oi .tiary lanu,
During a protracted sojuurn in the Old Do-I ion i
minion, immediately fuIm ijucnt to the year
llW, I once took a Icasurl v tour to Mount Ver-
tion I liad discovered."
Montpelier, Vt., Oct. X
I). P. T.
non, and thence to the birth place and other
i-Ciines ot the early life of Washington, for the
purpose, not only of gratifying my Prlings by
viewing places hallowed by the memory of a
nian whose name and deeds had, from toy child
hood, occupied so much space in my mind, but
MIOPPIXI!.
j An unhappy "dry-goods" clerk t'ivos vent to
' his sorrows in a Ion;? communication M the
.Norfolk Iteacon. Vhen he comes to descant
I where, nt intervals of n tow iiiiIpa. !lie fiolitiiito
of the road was relieved at that time by a set of
low taverns or groggeries, at which we did not
think of stopping. liutweh id a thoughtless
vouiit man in our train, whobv a fuior had been
admitted into the f.imily as a sort of gentleman ' "'vin h ,r""!,,,, n,he tMVC 1,,m ''-v ask,,,-T r"r
attendant, and who seemed much more inclined ' ,l,,nR ,,,,t w,,al ,,,0' wan, ?r,,,,'s ov,r-
to patronize these ph.ces. The General, bv his 1 cn,n, ,'""' ",ul l,,s ,ul B,w,,c tor,h ' P001"1
puiiiuers.
My friend "I'oti" told me t'other day a most
irresistible creature glided up to his counter,
From the fsmiloii Aire.
XAPOI.KO.V AM IIM OKMSnAI.S.
A i.rcrxn of i.acki:n.
'Our Imperial Palace of the I.acken.' Kin
peror Napoleon.
'Jlomisoit qui maley pensie.' I'd ward the
Fourth.
'It was in the summer of that year in which
Dendermoud' no; but in which Europe was
all hut lust by the Allies, that the Emperor Na
poleon was seated in the (rand h'aloon of the
Lackcn Palace, ph'yiug at 'Viiijjtlt'tluni' witli
his Murshalls, while at mi adjacent table the
Empress Josephine was similarly engaged with
the Indies of tin: Court. Home Chamberlains,
and several Generals, were standing behind the
ladies and betting largely on the game rather
than taking a principal part therein. Among
the ladies was the beautiful wife of the Marsh
al S , a woman whose personal loveliness.
mental accomplishments, unsullied character,
and genuine goodness of heart, were iu a grout
measure tainted by her incorrigible love liir the
play. Immediately behind this lady's chair, and
leaning a little over the back of it, stood a wea
ther-heaten warrior, bronzed by the 'Sun of
Austerlitz,' and with the breast one constella
tion of Stars. This was the future antagonist
of Wellington at Vittoria, the Marshal Jourdan,
whose fortune at the card-table was more pro
pitious than his subsequent luck 'at the Game
of Kings in Spain.' Madame la Marechale S
was losing rapidly, Ibr which amusement,
indeed, the brilliant mad cap jvissessed a sur
prising talent, .lour bin on the contrarv, wns
sweeping the Naps and double-Naps from the
table, fir which pleasing operation he had Ire
quctitly brf n obliged to pas hi' arm over tin
alabaster shoulders of Madame S . At last
he made more than an extraordinary haul, and
in order to land the golden prey more exprdi
tiouslv, he was obliged to use both hands, sho
vel-fashion. This he did ; and now, when the
richly laden hands were parsing just over the
Mfirechale's neck, tome one touched rather
smartly Jourdan's elbow his hands separated,
and the golden shower fell: not into the lap of
this modern Danae, hut between her sbxiping
shoulders, where the curmiirr closed upon the
treasure.
Ah! Marsha,' exclaimed the lively lady
standing up, ami endeavoring to shake the gold
from her dress, 'I am no Danne.' Then con
tinning very angrily, as the gold would not r
VBcuute its M sition : 'Twenty-four hours, you
, , , . ., . , ., liiOlrl.,I,M I" 'li III' II iiiiiiiii lint. I, 1. 1, villi:
also lo see w hat new incidents connected w ilh ! ,. , , , .
, . , . , , ; nii.re which he had raised on his plantation, and
his private character iiiiyht yet be gleaned a-j , ' . , ,
, . , , .. i of which he was exceedingly careful, the iini-
inongtheoUI inhabitants who had personally ; ,, . . ,. , ."
, ,. ... ,, ," mal being iiiniosl as slieht in proimrl ions ns a
known bun. And it was in this ramble, made ; , ,' , ....
. I roebu"k, and very high spirited. Iut (he voung
interesting and pleasant from the nature ot its I , ," , ,
.. . . . , . ! fellow, notwithstaiiilmg the intimations l e had
oujeci,uiiu no: iiuouiions o. no iiioi nospna
to
bio people on earth, that I fell in with a venera
ble and highly intelligent relative of Washing
ton, whom I soon found tube, Irom having lived
much in the General's family, anil acted for
some years as his private secretary, a rich de
pository of w ht I was anxious to learn ; and
from him I obtained among many others that
less interested me, the follow ing reiniuiceuces,
which I believe, hue never been publ shed,
but which may nevertheless be relied on as mi
nutely correct.
"On one of Washington's return visits to
Mount Vernon, while Commander-in-chief of
the revolutionary armies," said my informant,
whom I bhall call Captain U, "he came to
Fredericksburg lo pay his respects to his aged
reci ivi d nt staittrg, todeiil gently wilii her,
was apparently bent on lesting horspecd and o
ther qualities, nnd that too in a manner little
likely to meet with favor in a man of Washing
ton's high sense of propriety. j
"lie would leave the train, and riding up to
one of these liquoring establishments, there re- ,
main until we were out of sight ; when he
would come up upon the run, rido with us a
while, and gallop on fotward to the next. This I
he repeated three times, the last of which j
brought the mettlesome creature to a fua,i mi'
evidci.tly much fretted her. At "r,i irans. '
whose movements were so gentle that she ap
peared the impersonification of some angel
vision he has often seen revel through his mid
night fancy. When, after the usual si'utations
were exchanged :
t.'ootlti after goods were exposed lo her view,
I'mit, lace und silk at her call t
Thirty p.utrrns the took, the Lord knows for w',io!
Whi n the strings ef her !iue iuih.-o.ptu .', J,,.w
Willi the prices of each miike! lin Bt
Have you any plovi f m.v ,nr ,,,.. j,m f,e mi le.)
Those for ficiH'.,-nr 0 w,.rc ;dion
"I.mHts',r, ij you pleasu" and long whites were
'.iifpbijed ;
' O.lhe short one" short English Iwforc her w ere
l..i.l ;
Uufhord! French, sir," was the tune.
gresnon uus commineu again-.. it.u Generiil'n I
orders respecting ! u(p nf) wej Uj n,raist ; French ki.l, still unmoved. Hobby diciv fiom a rise,
his known onse f oroorietv. ha seemed" sur- ! Uh,',e "' Ilt''t', "H-il'ly 'R-lher;
ther. And when about to take his leave of j P''?., biKing as if he wondered at the young
H ut soon bid lo wi-h 'hem back in tt-.fil place,
I When Toi .V.,1, hheexelaime. i h a wonderful fare,
I Silk Lord hie- me ! you sec these tire leather!
lier, he I ri ughtin a siiittll hag of silver dul'.'.rs, n,'ii'8 ciuerity, and contented himst'.f w ith
and nlaciiii.' them on Ih-J table befoesj her. s'ni ! throw ing after him a itlance of displeasure. At
the second he appeared highly incensed, r.l- : u""ny n',w UMil Bnasi iweiry oiner me wnw
though he said nothing, and repressed his in- ! , ' nr'd for roirU like a l atilinij h.ist
, 1 ae counter wan lieapeo to a lernuie p ie ;
Ills countenance lost lis aei n-i ined smile,
' 'Here, mother, not knowing w.'ncn 1 may be
permitted to visit you aga-n( I ,avc brought you
these, to be used 'y yau as your comforts shall
require, or ns your pleasure thall dictate. And
1 liope you w ill be free to accept and use them.'
"'Vou was ul way r. good and dutiful to me,
Cleorge,' replied she with erirotioti ; 'and I have
often taxed myself, in your absence of late
years, with Wing buckward in making suita
ble acknowledgments to you, und resolved with
in myself, that when I next caw you, I would
have a more familiar talk with you, and tell
you how much I think of your kind, very kind
attentions. JJut it has always happened, that
w hen Iagiin found myself in your presence, the
thought of your elevation by your countrymen,
or (something else, which I cannot define, has
prevented me from talking to you, as I should
t jimy other children.'
Washington attempfed some playful reply,
but coilVa not succeed in disarming even his
mother of the awe which his presence never
failed to inspire in the bosoms of all who sp
Droached hiin.
Washington, while in the army, was known
to be exceedingly careful of human lives ; and
;.e applied the principle to the brute creation,
dignation, acting as if ho thought this must hi
the last offence, for the punishment of w hich j
he chose a private occasion. I'nt atheof. !
ft tulcr rode up the third time, Wa-hing'on
hastily threw open the carriage window, and
asking the driver to halt, sharply ordered the
former alongside ; when, with uplifted cane,
and a tone and emphasis which startled us all
and made the culprit shrink and tremble like a
leaf, he exclaimed, 'Look you, sir ! Your con
duct is insuffereable I Tall in behind there,
sir, and as sure as you leave us again, I will
break every bone in your skin !'
"It is needless, 1 presume, to say that the of
fence was not repeated, or that the young gal
lant needed spy more taming.
"Here," said Capt. L., now taking from a
drawer and handing me for inspection a deed of
Washington's drafting, so singularly brief as to
be all embraced in seven or eight lines written,
in a bold hand across a half sheet of foolscap,
yet constituting, though not one word could
have been spared, a conveyance of real estate
to the grantee and htirs, which as far as could
And his patience piV.. ip the ghost.
MM.
Were ever pnnr mortal like shop-keeper cutsl t
Why in Lucifer's name, could she nut sk at t'r-l
For I-ffrfim' nmrl, white, French, ailli U.'ure ?
Apvi:HrisKui:r Exiav. The annexed
morceau was copied from the original notice on
board the steamboat William Caldwell, which
plies on Lake George. The placard hung direct
ly above the "bocks" containing the "snaikes :"
.4 Ratlel Snaikc too be SWc Thee his
try off thissnaick is as fullors, hce was ketcht
on lung mounting buy a pooro man with a large
fanimely being sicks yer ould and very wenu
pious he is now in a bocks and cant hi rt no bod-
dy w hich is much better than too bee ruiiuiu
wilde cause bee don't want too eat nothin.
Admittance issickpents for them w hatp'ecso
to pay it, and thrippcuts fur them whatdont, a
libbcrall reduckshon for faninielees for more
particklelars pleese to call on Old Dick,
T. N. 'lake notiss it was the, poor man and
be perceived, was perfectly legal. "Here is a I not the euuick that had a, iir; fammcly.
know, nre nl owed to pay debts of plav ; and,
Marshall, you most wait till to-morrow.'
Madame,' replied Jourdan, bowing w ith in
finite grace, 'I never had money so well inves
ted.'
The imperial party laughed : made a few
Mors : continuing the rame. and on Madame
S entering her carriage from Uiussel Jt she
had not one fiane reui-.ining cit of l'.t. fl(in Na
poh ops which she had received from her bus
band that same ti' irning.
It was n:.di i i A:i old clergymm was
seen we'.kinj with hurried step tmvard-i th
hotel f Madame S , situated in the. Uue
'v.pyale. With a trembling hand he rings the
boil, is immediately admitted, and stands with
quivering lips betiirn the fair being who was
formerly his pupil, und never ceased to be his
friend.
'How ! Monsieur l'Abhe : you make a visit
at this hour I' exclaimed In Marechale.
'When Maihuio has known the caue of
j this visit she will pardon the breach of dec. k
ruin.
Hon Dion ! then tell it at once. He quick !
Vour look frightens me.
'You know Madame; said the Abbe, as r-ioii
a they were alone, that my yoii'ig brother has
embraced the profession of arms.'
'Yes, yes : e charing fellow who will mak
his way.'
Thanks to the Marshal' projection, ho i-t
already paynn-tor in a cavalry regiment, l'-it
unhappily he is unexperienced, nnd Cisi'y led
by others into vice, lie has played, and tl,"
w retched wnilh hr b-t the money which be
longed lo the regiment. To men row he imi.,1
give in liisaccounts, ami if he cannot make up
the delioit, ho has sworn to b'ow hi h.aiiHoiit.
He will keep his (Mill. And the uvr A She co
vered his face with both bauds, and wept hitter-
The beautiful .Marechale- winced beneath
the stings of her own conscience. Her unbri
dled passion for play deprived her utterly ofthe
power to obey the dictates cf her generous
heart ; andshc heard toe half-stifled sobs of her
supplicant, she felt that she would be. virtually
a murderess if she found pot ni'ans to prevent
the threatened catastrophe,
'What sue.i do you require, my poor friend !'
she aslied in a voice trembling with emotion.
Fivu hundred frame. It would be a trifle,
it wo only had tune. But to-morrow ; to-mor
row : at iWn of day, the regimcut'b roiW,
and my brother' accounts will be examined.
'He is saved ! he is saved !' suddenly exclai
intd Madame fcS , as sh bethought htr or
lie golden shower. 'Quick, quick. Help
n-tnako mj toilet' And without waiting for
an answer, the fair Marechale, her ryes spark
ing with pleasure, rapidly removed her neck-
rchief and sash. The astonished Abbe began
to think he was in n dream.
If Madame la Marechale w ill perrWt mo to
call her muidt, stammered the old priest, going
o the door.
'Not for the world ! No one but you Bhall
know where I shall find the money you want.
Itemovc this pin ! Very good. Now these
hooks and eyes. Excellent. Now this cordon
detaillo. Bon I'
The poor Abbe trembled from head to foot
When the gown was loosened behind, he was
going to cry, like braver men, 'Sanvaejuejicul?
and meditated a precipitate flight. His trials,
however, were only beginning.
'Let us loose no time, my good friend, Un
do this knot. Good! Now this oilier : and
then : but hold ! That will save time. Take
these scissors and cut my stay-lace.'
I lad a thunderbolt fallen at his feet, poor old
Desclairs had scarcely been more astounded.
The old man changed color. II is knees trem
bled under him. A cold perspiration bedewed
his venerable forehead, and his pale lips scarce
ly pronounced : 'Madame la Marechale must
pardon mc: it is utterly impossible I cannot.'
'What; not save the life and honor of your
brother !'
But what has the life or honor of my brother
to do with ,
'Cold will save him, and in order to have
hut, you must loosen my corsage. Here take
t.je scissors. Be quick !'
And he took the scissors with a trembling
band, and he cut too stay-lace, and immediate
ly Jourdan'd Napoleon's fell at the feet of the
laughing kind-hearted woman.
'Bravo ! bravo !' she exclaimed, clapping her
hands, and throwing a Ca chine re round her
shoulders, 'eight Napoleons more than you
varit. Take them all nay, not a word ! And
now to explain. This evening while seated
at cards w ith the Emperor, Marshal Jourdan, by
m ir.e gauehet ic dropped the pieces between my
shoulders. I have 21 hours to return them
and bless my stars for the Marshal's maludres
te. But go at once and calm the mind of that
young hair-brain. Spare not rebuke ; over
whelm him with advice. Alas ! it is more ea
sily given, than received.'
The Abbe gained his lodgings, w here his
brother awaited his return, a prey to distracting
anxiety. The deficit was supplied ; and the
young Desclairs, who possessed all the quali
ties necessary to ensure success in the profes-
ion he had embraced, vowed eternal gratitude
to b.is benefactress ; and resolved to make him
self a name worthy of her esteem.
Events, at the period of our historictto, hur
ried on so rapidly that people had not time to
think of everything ; and so the day following
llic scene just described, the giddy Marechale
S had forgotten the debt she had so in-
Lieutenapt Colonel. To morrow I shall have
the pleasure to present him to Madame.'
Scandal is very busy in every part oftho
world, but, beyond all question, Faris is her
head quarters. The exclamation of Madame
S about her having killed young Desclairs,
became, of course, the exhaustless subject of
t tie and persiflage even in the highest circle.
Some kind friend was even so very kind as to
whisper the matter to Marechale S , who
knew perfectly well all about it.
'What very droll people those must be, re
plied the bravo veteran with a smile, 'who pr-
tend to know better than I do myself about mat
tors which affect me so vitally 1 Bah, lei
jour !
To Wash Wooi.f. Goods. The art fof
w ashing woolen goods eo as to prevent them
from shrinking, is one of the desiderata in do
mestic economy worthy of being recorded, n-
it is therefore with satisfaction that we explaiii
this simple process to our readers. All de
scriptions of Woolen goods should be washed oi
very hot water with soap, and as soon as the ar
ticle is cleansed immerse it in cold water; let
i. then be wrung and hung up to dry.
voluntarily contracted with Jourdan. When
she subsequently remembered it, Jourdan was
no longer in Ffance. In short, matters pro
ceeded after such a fashion, that the debt exis
ted till the fourth year from its birth.
In 109 Marshal Jourdan had the command
in Spain. The French army, attacked at Vit
toria, by the allies, was at one juncture, upon
the point of being utterly put hors de combat.
Vainly did Jourdan and King Joseph, rush a
long the yielding or broken lines, imploring the
soldiers of France not to bring dishonor upon
tiieir banners. All, all in vain. Borne away
by his desperate courage, the Marshal flung
himself into the centre ofa hussar regiment, or
rather the vestige of one, and with a handful of
gallant follows, charged the dragoons of Wtd
lifgton. All, all in vain. His officers are
slain by his sidf, Jourdan himself, already woun
ded, is on a point of being surrounded and cut
to pieces, when a young officer throws himself
r.i'twccn the Marshal and his enemies.
' omeral !' he exclaimed, 'the debt of honor
i discharged I'
VoiideiTeil Metamorptioie.
'Well, Mr. Fcidlcman, what is your charge
against this man!" said our excellent Mayor
to a German watchman, who ushered up to
the bar & small individual in a thin summer
suit.
"1 chtrges him for making a vool of me,"
answered Mr. Fcidlcman.
"Making a fool of you ! how wasthat!"
"Vy I saw a vooman go into the alley of von
house, and 1 vaited and vatched till 1 see her
come out, and ven she did como out, shcvas'nt
there, not a bit ot her; for ven I cotched hold
of her, I found it was dis blamed veller him
self." 'Can't say that I understand you exactly.
Vou saw a woman go into the alley."
"Yaw ; and ven she coom out, I cotched
hold of her, bote she vas gone, and dis velltr
vas dare in her blace."
"Was there mere than one person in the al
ley V
"Oh no ;--only bole vun. She went up in
to de pack yard of do house, and ven she coom
out, she vasn't dare, not a bit, vor I cotch bol l
of her and vound it vas dis veller."
"Well, this is mysterious. What is your
name Sir ?" (to the prisoner.)
"Mary Williams,' (in a o!t, subdued voice.)
"Mary ! well, what are you doing in th'.t
dress V
"Why, Sir," answered the disguised Maty,
bin iliing and stammering, "1 had this suit mi
AbttniKe, and to scare my cousin Surah, I wi ot
into the yard to put it on, and then come out t.i
knock at the door, when the watch.r.an nubbe-l
mc."
"As if her cousin could bo scared mit a paif
of breeches!" observed Mr. Fcidlcman.
"I knew there was nobody at home but her1
self," said Mary, "and I intended to have Bom a
fen ; that's the whole truth of it."
"And 6ure enough, you had some vun," face
tiously remarked Mr. Feidleroan, in a'.iusiou Ut
Mary's niglit in the watch-house.
Altera severe rebuke, the sportive yotv'g;
lady was 6entdovn below, and advised to fen I
after her female apparel, and to abstain from
all 6uch dangerous frolics for the time to cone-.
Having promised, with many tears to take thu
counsel, she soon alter went into a private s
partment, and dressed herself more becoming'.;. ,
w hen she re-appeared in the form of a very pret
ty girl, and left the office looking rather uti
cemfortable, r.s well che might, after such i
mortifying adventure.
(X!7" It may be proper to remark, that wo
have net given t!m riol name of the poor girl,
who was sufficiently punibhed for her impru
dence, without having her nocturnal adventura
made public Evening Mercury.
And the young soldier was immediately smit
ten to the smoking earth ; but his noble eelfde-
ConiiETT. William Cijbett showed normall
exultation in recapitulating the naval victories
oftho Americans. lie was one day speaking
somewhat boldly on the subject in the presence
of nn I'nir'iK?! oiVifrr u-ltii tf isjlilir observed.
v.'t'nn, gave lime for the arrival of a French . , i .
h "There is a good reason for it. I went on
squadron nl heavy rava'.ry. The Marshal was , , e, , , .i,-.. .,.i
, , . ,. , , , , i board their man ot war after our defeat ami
leseued, d.sdplino reestablished, and too army j ... ... . ., En.-lish." Ami
sacd fio'.n complete destruction.
On his return tu Paris, Jourdan was one e
vcni'i'T at a soiree, where also shono tho bril
liancy of Madame la Marechale S -, The
Marshal wan narrating tho noble trait which
had saved his life, when the lady, struck with a
sudden recollection, demanded
Is not Desclairs the name of this officer !'
'It certainly is, Madame la Marechale.'
The wretched man ! It is 1 w ho have slain
him !'
In thut case, Madame,' rejoined the Marshal,
applying a line of Muliere'n :
'Tha folk you havs killed srs ht siecllent hetlth.'
for M. Desclairs soon recovered from his wounds
and is in exit l!nt health, and, betides, is a
had you net all 'Knglish V
A young clergyman, who found it impossible)
to provide for his family, with his very slender
income wroto to his friend "Dear Frank, I
muet part wiih my Living to save my Life."
Capatai, and OmoisAt,. The London
I'unch says "How dependent a thing is hu
man existence. What is beauty without soap V
"As coke is to the steam engine, so is mulb i
to gen nil. Life is a railway, and the cook is
stoker."
Bar-rooms are called exchanges, because
great busiues is there transacted. Draugl t
sretheie presented for ucceptance aud seldom
pretexted against.