i i k , „v - p LlCK.•294.t,mwksi Vefs Prat/41.4:14.' .firoviehad Wordi • Ole/MOS. /Wh ere I a mt,!llll± halls arc gilded, . Stored stith pretarei o li n tight and rare gains; ordeep raelodi raigia Float, upesh , th‘'perfamed air ;•-• Nothing stirs the ° dreary Spence Sare the Melancholy sea, , Noir the poor And humble cottge, ..Where file trotddloo . . . Where I am, the A nnie shining, And the FLY* windows glow, Till their armorial shadows ""Stainithe Outdo fil3ol below laded Autumn leaves are trembling, On thsmithered jasmine tree, Creeping round the• little easement,. . ' • Where I faln be! .hero I am the ,daYs are passing, ." O'er a pathVaty stresin with flowers; Song and joy and starry pleastmes. •• • 'Crown the haPpy,.smiling. hours: • . 'Slowly, heavily and e•adlyi- Time and Weary Wingspust flee; Marked, by pain and, toil and'sorrOw; CiVliere I fain would be Where I tun, the great and noble, • • Tell nie' of renown and fame, ' Atid the red wine sparkles highCst, To do honor to my name ;Far away a place is vacant, • i g By an humble•hearth for me; i ' Dying embeCs dimlY show it Where I fain would he! • - Where I am are glorious dreaming, Science, Science, gemns, art, dirinc, it • And the great niinds\whom all honor • Interchange their thoughts with mine A few simple hearts niv waiting, Longing, Weaiying for•ine,• ,•\ - Far away where ! tears are falling, WhCici I fain would be I - , therF,llawall :think me happy, • For so well,/ play tny,part, •• • • None can guess m.hb smile around me, How far distant ,my heart : •• 1 , Far away in-A pier Cottage, • Listening to the dreary Sea, • Where thettrei of - my life aro, • 'Where I f .would be! '.1.,T40 - 4QP-Ske;f,6o,l!l. ~ .1 . REVOLIT'riONArt — AbVENME. ' Ile leading events' of the war of Independ eaeiz are • familiar . to 'every American ; btit rnaav incideu*: . fitll of interest and . adventure, yet remain to'be diSeloSed. - - 'There are those yet living - Ache -member the*folloWing . sto .it . • The„Amerlin 'authorities found much dif ficulty- in dispoSi ig of their prisoner*: They, had no pasts rep larly fitted for the purpose; end they Could;suggest no he ter means. for, w Mal securing them; jthan to place e under a guard in a- thickly settled part ipf.thc Country, Where 'the Inhabitants were* most-Occidedly hostile: to tbe _English. -The town' of Lancas ter,- in PentisYlVania; ( was Oneof those select ed for this' purpose. The prisoners werecon; lined' in barracks,' enclosed - with a stockade rid . ~vigilantly guarded.: • But 'itt spite of all precautions, they, often •disappred 'in an un-, accountable manner, and nothing Was- heard . of, tann .till , tliey,-- had resumed their place in the BritiA iiinty. . Many- and- vatiouti were . the eoujturct as to the -meaus of their' es rape; the . : Officers Inquired and investigated' in vain ; the,eountry, was explored, eo pur • psi the s.oldiers.shook their beads, told of fortun c-tel I eks,. pedl ers, arnr.suo characters . who badheen - Seen -at intervals ;* and sundry . of the more credulous could think of - nothing but ‘supernatnial agency ; :but whether main Or spirit weal the conspirator, the Mystery was unbroken.- - . When tlri. becarat.eknown to Washington,*l he sent. General Tlaten to take this response-.-. 151e' *charge,-. TitiS *energetic...4E6er, after . ex % ,hawsing all reSoumes,• resorted : to stratagem. Ile .- as convinced , that, as. the nearest British . Post 147 ts more th:in a hundred-miles distant, th'e• j riSt;ners.lmtist 'be aided by Ainericans .! .ift'it here' the stispicion_ should fidl„he could* nbt evro ec , njecture,.. the reproach. of Tory- . isni mng . ahnoSt unknown in that region.— Baying been; trained to'. Meet exie.encies of , b ... this-kind, err a distin,riaisheil*eareer as colonel . iita . the British army, his Plan.was formed at onceOind he rommunicated it to an officer =of ins Own; -upon whose talent he relied fop its ' 11 (Tes$1 1 1 exeputiott *This-was Captiiintee‘ ~ .n•tio , ;e• courage and:ability fully justified the" EtiectiOn: •: i • !- ' the secret! plan concerted betweegifthm. was:this. lt was to . .be given out that Lee • was absent -On'farlough or. command: - He,. meantime, wits :to . 'assume the dress of a.. Bri t ish*prisoncil,-a -nd, - having provided himself .with information anda story of Ilia capture, - . u - as to be-thrown. into the barracks, Wherehe Inight gain the confidence of the soldiers and join. them.. in a plan . of Soape. i . ..T10W well • qaptain Lee - •Sustaina his- part may he` infer- red from the fact' that when be had disappear ef . and pl4d,hiMself among the prisoners; his . own ofe t kvaand 'soldiers saw him every day- without i the least suspicion - . The , Person te4lxim Lain indebted for most of these pat - teularS. .vra .the Intendent Of - the prisoners, ..- and faMiliar with .1...ee,.4 but though compelled, to seehiin often in the -discharge of his duty, 'he never penetrated-,the':: disgaise. Well it was for Zee.that - hiSdisguise,Was SOConiplete.. • Had his associati.....4 suspected his pnrpose to bet!ity . them; hie hishistory. Would -have beeRPITI- Ifrom4 in vthe proverb, '". dead linen* tell no -tales." .y! I. . _. ‘.. -0, .. a_ 1 , For many days lie remained, in this situ I ton, makin* no discpveries whatever. Are ' thought he, Verceivi4 at different times,Ans of intelliggier : between the prisoner; and an old woman,,, who was allowed ,to bring fruit for sale withinthe enclosure. She was known_' Ito be deaf and luilf-witted, and was therefore nci' otject c.f suspicion. It was known that ber RRI had been disgraced and punishedin the Anieriea • army, hat she had never be tniyed \ any i mice On that account, and no one dreanutd hat she could have had t 4 P ( Yw R ` il li er to doinjurytif she possessed the inlL-4- 4.ee watched her closely, jazt - f saw nothing to confirm his suarileion4. Tier threlling eras si,out a mile distant, in a:wild retreat, where 'be B hared her tniserable quarters with A dog and eat, the finmer of whieli mounted guar4 over her man!iiimi, while the latter encourag ,td superstitiouri fears which wor e equally,ef. fectual in keeping yisiters awer' One dark, stormy night in nutumn, he'was .I Yhig awake at. midnight, meditating onAhe llterprise , he had undertake* which the beginning' it had recomineaded itself to his romantic diaposition,lhad TiQW lost all .its ,tharrns.' it? Was one 4 'those temPests, which in o4r climate so often luMg-upoti the Path ()f the depating year. - His.eompanions ,s(l..nt f•ounilly, but the tvinit- which-shook the /building to its fotmdationand Ihreii heavy 4 4 *nit . spliiiih ei of rim ivi e d. th e - N ir ondow, consp ... t s 4state of his mind, tolkeeii him.. • • - -- . . ".• —-.'-.. A ' •- ;.' 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"If, - was'-too -to o divlcte,observe its mo:: '1144 -nitir.o*ly,• blit-hf:Ould see that it stoiip; a towards' one of the' Sleepers, . whO immedi ately r ose, neitit apPrOaelted him and touch: . ed him: - jeti the shoulder ;• • Lee inimediately. =started -up ; the ..figUe then allowed kslight gleam from - a. dirk lantern to pass Over hie him, . and iii ha did so, I ry hi, spered - impatiently, " not the. man—but otne V' '. It then oecur. red to • Lee that this Wita, the opportunity he desired.. The unknmin - Whispered to him to keep .his phiek till . atiodier•man Was eallea; but just at that mometiit, sonienoise disturb edhint' and,: Making. i sign to' Lee- to folloW, ho moved silently but;:ofthe -mini.' ~..,. •: • ,They found . the - &Or l i:if:the houso unbar red; and a. Sinail part ot the knee fenioved, where they: .oiti without molestatien; the sentry, laid' retired .tea shelter Where- he thought - he could guard Ida 'post without suf fering from . the rainy Tait Lee - sawi that his. conductors 'put the . mselves• in preparation' :to silence-,him if he'-sheuld. happen to address thenf...• Just -.:Withoitt! the' fence appeared a stooping • figure, wrapped in a - red cloak, and „Supporting itself' with a large :stielt. which . Lee at once perceived could be no otherthan the. old fruit woman. - .Biit the niost profound silence was observed ; a man came outfrorn .a thicket at ki, little distance,..and joined them, the Whole party. Moved on under the guidance of the old woman. At first they frequently Stopped to' listen, but Iliaving heard the - senti- - , nel's cry; • " all's . well,l they. s.cemed reassur ed, and moved with More confidence than be foie.• -' . - - . .- , • •-- ` • • .' They Soon ame ' near to her cottage, un . der•an 'overhanging bank, where a bright light .was .shining out from alitile window upon thervet and droopiuo 'boughs that hung near. it.; The "do.. ' received them graciously, and - they entered . r ' • A tablet-as spread; with•some coarse provisions upon 'it, and a large jug, which one of the soldiers was about to seize, when the ni*WhO Cenducted them withheld him. ; -. -"No,•"'suid be, . " vir. Must first.'pro-. 'coed;to husiness."• :Ile then - went to a Small - .closet, from- Which 'he . 'returned with what seemed Ito have been, originally, a 'Bible, theugh'nowit was. wein to a mahogany col-- or .ltd spherical - fern - 4, „While they were hie' this, Lee had tinie to examine his corn- ~ perilous; one .of - whom was a • large, sniet looking soldier ; - the other, a short, stout man, with mueli.,the aspect !of a' villain... -: They ex amined liiiii in 'turn;and - as :Lee had .been k ) obliged-. formerly , : to ' unish. the 'shorter Sol dier severely, he nit some . thisgivings when , the-fellow's 'eye rest uponlim:- T -- ' heir con rested ductor wasa middle- ered, harsh-looking man * , whom Lee had never seen before. ' ' - ..... As no time was to 'be lost, - their guide ex . - , plained to th em . in few words; that before . 'he should.. undertake is dangerous enterpriSe, be should require of t em to swear upon the. Scriptures, not to,m. - e the least / nitenipt . to 1 .esipe,' and never to reveal the cireumstatices. or agents lit the proceeding, whatever might . befalLthern. ' The soldiers, however , insisted on -deferring this , m - c,. till they3md form ed some Slight.acqual tanee with th'e contents t.Fr of tht.t jug ,' and expre. sed their Sentiments - on the subject rather 'taction than Words. z -- In' this,: they - Were join d 'by•Lee, who by 'cilia time)iad begun totemplate. the - danger pi la his enterprise hi ala w and, unpleasant piiint of View. . if...he Wei; .to he compelled. to •ac company hiS party t Ne*-York, his disguise --`- Would at:once be det .ted, and it- was certain - that he would be ' ed as a spy. He had il l supposed, .beforehand, that he should find no difficulty ' in. escapi s ' : at any• moment'; but he . saw -that: Ihzir nductor hd4 prepared . arts for them, - -whic • they were 'to use in tak ing thelife ofany on w ho sh o uld - atte m pt Ao leave. thei - e--and th 4 . the - oath.. He might • possibly have rel . . r • him Self from its.ob-, ligations,.• when it. I . , eneceSisary for -the . interests of - his eo n try ; but no. honorable man can-well bear be driven. f* an emer gencY, in .which' he ust violotean oath, how-' ever relnctently it : as t aken.. He felt that there - was no retrea ,zug, when there came 'a heavy 'shock, as if sitiething falling, against Abe - sides. r of the hon; their practised ear at once deteeted the - al mi. gun; and their con ductor, throwing.* d . wn the old Bible, which he had held all 'the ' hile . impatiently in his s c, hand, directed the partY to follow him in Close ' order, and imniediately quitted . the hour 2 e, taking with him hialdark lantern. - ' _ . They. went on 'with grad despatch; but . not without di ffi culty!, i Sometimes their foot ing.wonld give wit3 , l On some sandy batik or slippery field; and W i hen thei rpath led through ; the..wotals, the Wet boughs dashed-heaYilY irt •their theca. - tee felt he' might have deserted: his - precious companions . While they •were in thii;. hurry and alai 14i; but he felt, that; as.. let, he ' had made iio! diseove:ries ; • and how ever dangerous'- his - Situation. was, he- could -not hear to confess that he he'd not nerve to 'carry it .through. ii' he went,' therefore, for 'two .• or- three hours -!and was beginning to . - slink with Clive, w en the barking of u--dog brought , the party t a stand. :Their conduct 7er gave a low whi• tle,whieh was answered , ' 'at no great, dist:ln . .. l and - a figure Came for :wardhithe-darknes. who whiSpered to their gnide;',Und,then led he Way up to a building, Which seemed by. th shadowy. outline, to be i • a :!:large ' stone. barn 1 They - entered ' it, and ,were severally - pl, in small , nooks *here they could feel 114 the hay was all around:- them, epept - on the side of the `call., . Short= ly. after, some pro isiOns . ' were brought to thetn with the same silence, thd it Sigui fled to /theta that !ey Were to re.maineon cealed:through. 'the iwhOle \ -of. the - coming _.,.. Through & .crey c.v in the wall, Leelt ar ti: r t discover', as. the da i came ou, that ,the was attached to a a all farre-hijuse, yeiwas so near the-house•tha4 he .could overheo the. conversation 'whiai . Was carried on .about`the. dour. • -The Mornin,ig.l rose -clear, - -and itlwai, .evident_freni• the . herSeinen whO oCcasio . y galloppcd up. to tlie I-dodr., :that the Coo try was alarm: . The • farmer. gave short and surly replies, as _ 'if unwillingto betake off -froth - his labor ; • bu file - Zither initiates o the honse:were eage.i. in eir questions, and, from the answers, - -Lee.ga ': red - that, the meimS by •whieli . , he and, his . tnPaniOrts . hid es4ped were as . mysterious as ever..!..- .' --...• The next night; -' 4en. aft Was quiet, resumed `their' m . . : and explained to Lee that,.. as he vine vit . ith-theta in: heir conspir'- acy andwasseciden liassociated with** in their eseape;the • should take the precau tion to' 'keep . hina haorp ' them just hehind a the guide. ' Iteattb fitte d ~ with . outoppaq iti i.mi, 'though thr ' -- --iikdr Ad.' .41;1 .118 anango ed the dames in served from the they did not m, the Delaware, butt.t so-often that he.4con "THE WILL . OF EgEO ee.. ; l t '1 . 2. *Ca considerably lessen.' sprang n n his ' , adversary - :with the intention prof his escape. 'He oh. 'of Wrel3oll' the Pistol from :his hand ; ' t4he .. ~. ireetion of the - s t ars that other mica upon; his guard, and aun with f e i nt a direct' lino toward such pr on, that, had the pistol : heen hsrg hf7 Changed their (aurae. ed with 4 bullet, 'that 'moment woul hive Knot asleeture at what been his last Out, it. seemed that the On , 1 raTZUZI LE 113'111E G-11,ThiAH MONTRON, point they !intended, to :. striko.the river. endeavoralliwhen_ arty peculiar objept appear ed, to fi,x it in his memory as well at the da i tk , ,ness would permit; and .sudebeded better t an :could = have • !been expeeled,. eonsiderilig • ho agitateistataln.which he traVele&• -- • - . ' For• several. nights they heat lon in. ' Manner,- being delivered over to different ' , sons, from .tame "to- time; . and JI,S 4e co d gather from, their ! whiSpering conVersati n, they . Were regularly employed on oceaSi - us, like. ;the Present, and, well rewarded , by e British for their. services... 'Their employ meat was full of danger ; i . and though they seen d likedesperate : iner, .he -.9mild 'obServe t at they. never remitted their precautions. They; were ..ceneealedi by - day in haritS cellar . eaves 'made: : l for, the purpose, and Sintilar ra treats, : and 'One I. day • *as passed .in 'a tomb; the dintensiens-of .Which had been; enlarged, and . ' the inmates,. if there had beetf:auy, ban : . "ished to Make room 'filr_the lit ing:l The - bp -ry. ing 'grounds. were, a favorite. retreat, and on -more occasions than one they were obliged tc resort to sUperStitions alarmS to,remOve in triiders upon their path ;- their sliecesS ft 11; justified the..e.sperimeat, and, unpleasantly ii uated as •lie was, •i 4 the prose et :of soon b, ing .a ghost lihnsel4-he 'could mit avoid !au..,1 -lug at the e*Peditidii with which' told and yo 1, fled from the fii.r.eiedapparitiens tinder elo i ,of nighti, wiihnig 6') meet such enemies, . i Ajar, in the Iface- of . day.. .. ....-.• ' 1 .. 'Though the distance to the Delaware;- n'ot:great;-il4..yliadlitow been twelys_day, the road, ay • such ;Was th e yigilance and pars; ition prevailing thronghout tlie:couni that 114 alMost despaifed of-elfeeting ti object. - Thl .coMltictor : grew. impatient, i Lee's' coinpaniens,l at least One Ofthem,' cattle ferociOns: 'Acre was,,as we have s something .u f npleaszint • to him in the gial of this ,fellow more .him; whieh bee: More . ..and more fierce as they 'Went on ; it did. not Appear whether it were owhi. 'circunistanens or aetual - snsPieion.. = It so I petted - that, I ow the tWelfthnight, Lee placed in a amrn, - while the rest. of; the pa ' sheltered themselve - s in the call6.r of a li stone church,- whew they . could talk and with more f*Lx.xlotni both hecause the.sol4 , of the church was nOt•oftcli disturbed - even the Sabbath—and . hecau se the proprietors .not know , that illegal handl had - added a lar to the cOuv'emenees fir the building. The party • were • scat t ed 'here •as the broke, - and the t .light, which struggled in crevices opened tit the purposci, ShoWt low room about twelve, feet square, with a damp floor. and lar4 , ,e . patilies of•v, - hite niclulil . upon the walls. - :I - finding, .probably-, that the . pavement afferdedi no aecomrucldatiens for 1 sleeping, the worthies Were seated each u xni a little . au. , k which seethed like . these used fo r t. gunpowder., llere they. 'were smoking pipeS with great diligence, and,: l at intervals notidis tant,- applying a huge canteen to their motitha, lrom..whiCh l F :they' drunk 'with upturned ices expressive f ' soldmn Satil,Ection.- \\ hile they were thns - cngiigedi the . short ; sOld ier .1•-k -ed them -inl .a careless. way, if: they. knew ' whom they i . had in . their party. -' - .The otners started,. ana tWi - thestr pipes from their mouths to ask him t;Vliat he inelmt. - "I Mear,"aid. he, a that We are honored- with the co:npally -orCaptainl . L.T, of l .‘ l.i rebel army.; The !Ms cal 0n0... p . ashen nine, athl "never mistiook my . man Mill eh I had a debt of that kietii to pay. • Nowt I shall ;have my revenge." 'l` H , '- - 7- - 7 r4,6 others hastened to .express theirldii4 gust at his, feroeitY„ saying, that if,as he .said, their companion was an .kineriam:officer all they -had t4' do •was to watch him' clesely.-4 .They Said 'that, as he had come among theni uninvited, lie must go with. them to N ew., York, and tiikethe consegnenc*; but m u-,I time, 'it vqt4 their interest not to seem to sii peet 'him, otherwise he might give an abrni, , itt Where.a.s , it , was evidently his.intention t> go with, themtill they were readyto umi3ark'for New-York. . 'The other ~ persisted . in saving that he irduld have hit revenge with his. (411 )I hand, uport, - which the, eOnductor, draw' g 1 . pistol declared to.him that if he saw ,the eas attempt; to I, injure Captain Lee, or anon ductigi-hichl Would lead , bins: to suspecti.tha his disguis4..... was discovered, be:would Ilia moment shoot • him threughthehead. I.. The. seldleri .puti, his hand upon his knife wit h an omii) 0 - 11 S SAINVI ' upon 'his conductor; bu see.l ing that he had to - do with someone wh w likety to b as goaas his word, he res rain 1 ed. simnel and begun to arrange son ru bislt to Ser. -e„hinilfer. a bed..' The oth Sol i I did, - follew0:, rhi . S - 17‘.!xample, 'and': their ' , uid witorew, llocii itig I the- door after him 1 3 i, ?Ilia' next' nightqbay went On as usua , hut, the manner of 'their conductor shon=e thatl there '. was inore . danger than. before J-1 fact, lia 7 ,a.iplaind . -to I the iiarty that the were now.,• , •not fin.; froth the l)claWare,.atid : opt . , .. to reach it - cfore 'midnight. -, They Ofk r lS ion- • t.l 'ally heard the report of a inusket, Whiehseem ed • to. indiCate that sortie movementas'go ing On in the country. • TM's s' arms ; they quickened their steps, and it was not . ] g be fore' they saw : a 'gleans of , firoad elea light before. the n '; sue .as i reflected lion calm ;Waters ever ; in th darkest night.', ii ed up to it m,ith deep silence; there w reva. riot's emotiti?ns in ]heir breasts; Lee was 11 . .)pH ing for an opportUnity to:escape . from an !en-1 terpiise wYiO-, was grouting. too Serious , ands and the . princi . o&ll objects of which *ere a 4 ready :the oilers' were , anximis lea sonte aecident mfght . have happened to the bOat on; which they depended for crossing the siratni; • When they came to the-hank ther :were •no traces of a boat . on theivaterii,l,:-, e rcon.; ductor stc.)Od`, Still for. a moment l in' ' ....,y; but, yet-N:4IOOAP 1 himself he Said itswiS pos ,--- • sible it .might ha •e been secti r redlower down the. strewn, and,l forgetting every thin' o el.s,e, he, direetel' the largersoldier to; acconpanyl him, and, giving. a pistol to theotheri hei whis.i peril, " If . the rebel • officer attempts to :be tray, us, shoot Idni; if not, you will not,' for : your own i3ake„inake any noise to'shoW .alipre' i Fe ar e - ,:" In t.lksatne iustan(they-depeted, and Lee• Was leftalone with the ruffian,. He had befare I Suspected ' , that the rellow ,J- , • knew.hini4 , now doubts were changed to o 'e . rtiintyat, once.' Dark aSl,it was, 414;4:am ' ed as. if fire, flash O from. his ecy•,-e, now that he' faltAhat revenge IN%* inhiS piver. .1..40 was as. - brave as 'tiny, ?Meer in the:arm : J-OM', he' ,vas,utiartioi4:44l:.though hew&s strong, f his adversary lwas #.o . ...ninreloWerfid. , While he staid, .tunegirtain ;•,what'io'.d6, the cell O w. seemed et:trying ; the - . p.tispect . of, reienge; - as he looked Oponl him v.i,th a ' , steady ye.— . — ThOugh .tha officer 'Stood\ to appearan an, rimired,the sweat rolled in heavy,.dro :fioia. his brow. . •ild soon took hiire.soluti, , and - -in nth ,,, SOURCE,' HAPPINW OF THE PEOPLE T $4 .111iTR,SIPAT; . ''ll* .:15 5 : 1 . . _ _di** .hail trusted to the sightQf his Weapons. to rendo the use of _them unnecessary, and had therefore loadeolthemonlylritii powder; SS- it . 111'38, the shack threw Lee to the; ground but :fortunately, as - the .fellow dropped the pistol ; it fell Where Lee could:reach it, and as his , sdterlary stooped, aral-Was drawing his :knife from !his- Loki'was able to .give - him, a stunning -bl . ovr. tb immediately dire*. himself 'Oen_ the scslisiOn, and along and bloody' Struggle - they Were so. nearly Matched- in bireogih and- adviuttagai that neither dared uneletieh - his hold for the sake of grasping the. knife; the hloOd gushed•_ from. their months, and tho,:tionatoat would "lave probably ended in favor:l:if-the assassin; when steps and .voiees were hoard advancing,. and they found, themselves Ittuials-Of "party 'of: eountrynien,. who -*era arined flit the Occasion,. and -Were; scouring the hanks of the 'river. They were for4ly torn apart,. - but so eldianito and- breathless, that neither . could . make any esphination:o and .they- sub nuitied quietly to the disposal of their captors. The party . armed ,thunqyra* though: they had sueeee ea in their atLinp4and were - 'sufficiently triumphant on th4peeaSi on, - were • _sorely . perplexed .to . detertnitie hoW to . dis- . pose of their. Prisoners. ~, A fter :some discus-- sion, .one of ..them proposed tO. throw _the de-- 1 vision upon the wisdom - and jtadmient of-the nearest- ,Magistrate.; • .They igeording;ly' pro ceeded with their:prisoners ;to his manSion,- and called on - him to iise.andattend to busi- . ness.: A window was hastily : thro*nnp, and the ju s tice 'pit forth his' night capped head, and, with more wrath than beame, his digni 6. ordered thera off; and, in -- ;requittat for - their calling himout of bed in the Cold, gen-: eronsly wishCd .therr . in the ivarrneSt, 'place . which - then .7xxxiarredi, to .his Imagination.— However riatiiiice_ was in vain; he wai eenapelled to rise; and as soon as!tho :pris oners were brought, befere him, he:ordered them to -be taken -in irons to thet'Prison at Philadelphia...;_Lee improved the opportuni ty-. to take the oldgeritlennui asides and told him , - whe' he Was and . why he was thus dis guised ; the justice only interrupted him with' the occasional inquiry , "Mostdonel" When :he had finishelN.the magistrate told' him that his Story 'was irery well made; and told in • a nranner- very Creditable to bis address and . that he should. 4ive:if all the Weight 'which it seemed . to reqUire. - All Leosreineristranci were unavailing.- • • - As soon as they were fairly lodged:in on, Leo prevailed-on the jailor to carry a note to qen. Lincoln, informing. him, Of his condi tion.- The Ge4eral -received it 0- he-was dressing in thO. 'morning, _ and i mmediately _sent one of hisnids to the jail. That officer could riot believe his eyes when he :saw Cap.; •thin Hia Uniform, 'Worn out when he assumed it, was now hanging in rag` ,";about him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight ; he wished, very mainrally - ,•_to improve 'his ap pearance before piwo_ptinghithself))efore the Secretary of Wars but the ordersiwere per emptory to bring' him: as he was: 3The gen eral loved a joke full" welt j , . lb; lktig_hteri wos hardly exceeded, by the-report Of hiS ow non ; and 'lone:and loud did 4o.laugh that day:. r . ) - eir, kip' lbe lay tro' id a •r - THE LAST MOMENTS OP BPSTHOVEti; -- _ ON THE DYING SWAN. ' . . i Ile had but One happy moment in is life; and that moment killed him. . • i . - • 1 , • He lived in poverty, driven into s litude by • the contempt of the world, and y the natural bent of a disposition rendered harsh, almost savage, ~ by theinjustim of his contem poraries. But he wrote the sublip . le4 music that ever, man jar angel dreamed.. He Spoke' to mankind hi his divine; language, and they disdained. ,to listen to him. He spoke: to themes nature speaks in the celestiallarmo ny of the Winds, the waves the singing of the • birds amid the Woods. :Beethoven was• a prophet, and his utterance was frern God. ' . , 'And' yet,was his talent so disregarded, thilt he was detined more than once to iiffer ,the* bitterest -agoa)- of the :poet, the artistitke musician. Ho doubted his c•wn geniu4.., - Haydn_himSelf, Could find for him/no bet ter praise than in ,ying 7 - 7 4 . He is aielev,.'r pi-. anise . . ! --, -Thur t was it said'of Gericault-'-i, He blends his colors • well:;' and thus ortoethe--‘ He has a tolerable style, and he commits no fault in orthe•gmphY. 1 : . Beethoven had ';'but cbe friend, and that friend was ltuminel..„/But poverty and in=- justice . had irritated him, and he was seine times 'unjust :himself. He quarrelled avith Hammel, mid;forn, long time they ceased to meet. To crown his raisfortunes, hebecaine _ completely:ilea ' . . ,t . :ahen Beethoven retired to Baden, where he lived, is6rtited . and sad, in it house that scarcely= sufficed for his neces..4ities:— There his' only pleasure was .. .in wandering amid the greeh alleys of a beautiful. forest in the neighborlsziod of the town. I Alone with the birds and ;the wild flowers, he would suf. •fer himself to give scope to his genius, to com pose his marvellous symphonies, ,to apprcach the gate; of heaven with melodious accents, and to speak, aloud to angels that language which was too beautiful for huinan ears, and which binned ears had failed to compre hend.. t t ~ • But in the Midst of his solitarY dreaming, a letter-arrived „Which brought him back, des pite himsel to the affairS of the world, where new griefi; awaited him. A nephew whom he had brought up, and to whom he was at tached by the:gd offices which be had him self perforined for the youth, , wrote to im-' 'lore his uncle's presence at Vienna. He had bei - xnne implieated in some disastrouslousi, ness, fn3in-whloh his elder relatiie alone wild. release him. - 1 - ,--.‹ .... , - • ''- , • ' Beethoven . :set Off,,k journey, upon his jouey, and compelled by the necessity of eopnomy, ae cornpliihed part of the distance :op foot.— One evening he stopped before ..the-giite-of a small, meanLlooking house, and solicited shel ter. He bad iyet 'several leagties',to traverse:, before reaching Vienna„ and .his strength would not eitiaile.hire to continue 'any long er on the •road. They received him with hospitality ; lie partook of their supper, and then, was instal led in themafter'S chair by the-fireside! When the !table was cleared, the fiitherof the fiimily *Se arid opened an old .elaveein. The three sons, took each a violin, and the mother and daughter occupied thenaseles in some 'domestic ,work.. The Lathe; gav the ley : ' note, mid . all four began playing with that unity and p • ion s , that inrialt,e, nhis, which, is pecnliar only to the mtople o Ger i:: ti many. It. see that they were beep y in terested in what they played , for .it whole ie souls were blithe instruments . . e two 4o men dekistedifrogt their occupsti ' to listen, and ,their gentle couiteisotoes ex pi t &esse4l .the emotions of their hearts, • I ' ; 1 this was .t . ha. only 81 • alit tako:ln *ha t . was pus !a har a singlo nbte,.. .41: f -*their perfojiiianws, frit, ha oeeutanti t and tho fir:- :r features. !.. .. - • , - ! To observe :al :that! Beethoven I) . • Spg, . for -he • tUd .1 *mild only ; judge , the Movenient of tlui animated tip'. ..Ifihen .they others' :hands w' theinielvei on a• , i i thel Oungi - girl th 1 MO a - arms.: '!1 Sul • together ;• i, ilfte*ts . ; they 1 their enthusiiasm eyed were. filled Monnted . te their d . finished, they . shook - eae . IY, as if tai eongratula n mtnunit I i y - of happiness, en 1 w.bersetweeping into he -it they appeared to eon i ey i resumed i their- instru rnetteed again. This tim, reached its ;height ; thei . with tears, *pnd the col° cheeks,, i,.. : . . idlßeethoven,_ ' I am ver i take no part! in the delighl, nee, for I - also love music I (MI sodeaf that I eanno . ~c, ,t me read this musi • n you such SWeet and' live , i fiiends; inlappy that I e. which you eiperi butt' as you "scso 10* any sound Ivld n eh prOduces I Omotions:: -.; tVpr in his hiuid; his cy . reath came sort and .fist I.ho nnusia , and burst irit t itsUnts had iovclysymphony in A. oily _surrounded hini,.wit andSurprisb: .For sinit - -ulsave sobs iMpedCid raised his be4d, and',said7"- -file. took , tic g,r4r- dim ; his thell ho dropp tears. these p: tilleigretto of Bee The, whole' fa signs of .euriosit moments his con teranee ; then he ' I am_Beetlioyen And they inlet before him in re. extended his ha scil, them, • kisses they-knew that ti whp,was greater i ,ver l ed their heads and ben4 .. .1 loetful silence. , Beethoven r- - 1 . , idsi to: them, and they pre ,,.41 them r; and-Wept -er the; fu, .ey had amongst them a - Ma than a king. It -. r,a4 I but, his army acid 'emb ther, the tnother, the i .. ouii e lirothers.- , All at . vnee h tting down t& the daveciti,, ngimen to take Itp their v .".. If Performed the piano•pi 'are. Tile performers we ever Was musk more diyi . ed. Half the night pass e peasants listened. Tho e ants of the swian ! I. polled him .to accept his ow,n . - the night 1 13ecthevan Was red.: •He , rose.; he need"' rth; with naked. feet , into t e taro was nithtding a mai* p winds. sigh4