isaataria att. 7 0. 7 . - • '7toistibitiritiekei_botter.. ). : ; TiVW guitc.iiktr " CA NOE., • • .tote -mien othaes, where the blue waters sleep, • ' Itifbestutiful .4brio • polifeieibifs.stippOrteditsvielglit on' tile, deep; • Andes thelittesifere r Ar , 4Foilv . „eittlfivtw• ir,fl-,..,„::ii.:„.„:„....„;::::, knd die fir'ethreatly rnots rear the parts to aiine, - • ' And bowl down 10.1110 swelling sides. • No compass or gravel *as used on the bark, No art but the simplest degree Mut the structure was finished and trim to remark, And as light as Wijdph e'er Miuld be. .Its rim ie with tender Toung roots woven round, Likea patern of wicker-work rare, [hound And it glides o'er the waves with as lightsome a As a basket suspended in air: The heavens in brightness and glory below: Were reflected quite plain to the view, - And it meved like a swan, with as lightsome a show, My beautiful birchen canoe ! • • ' • The trees on the shore as I glided alopg, Seemed movinga contrary way: ' And my voyagers lightened their toil with a so g That caused'every heart 'to be gay. • 'And stilt , asl floated by rock and.by shell, . My. bark raised a murmur Mend, - Andit danced on the waves,asthey rose and they fell, Ltke a fay on a bright summer cloud. ~ . , . ..- . ° - .„I thought as 1 paned o'er the liquid expanse,. ~:. With.landseave in.amilinq array, • -_.llbw bleat I should be, if my Ide•eould adrinte Thms tranquil and sireetlyawa . _a . . , . The skies were serene—net a clodd-wad in sight. Not an angry surge beat on the shore, Anil I gazed 011 the - waters and then on the light, Till my vision could bearit no more.. •• . Oh, long shall I think of those silver-bright lakes, • And the 'scenes the'y'revenled . to my view, My friends, and the wishes I formed for their sakes, And my bright yellow birchen canoe ! , , BEA:UTY. ANI) TIME DY MISS PAitDOE. Beauty went out,nne summer day, To-rove in pleasure's bower; And much she sported in her way •• With .every opening flower.' At length she reached a myrtle shade, And, through the-branches peeping, She saw among the blossoms laid, - Tinie most profoundly sleeping. His head was pillowed.onlis Forrhehad Curled his pinions, • :To linger-With the loVely things • an pleasures bright dominions; llis,scythe s.nd glass aside were cast ; " How softly he reposes !" • Cried Beauty as she idly passed, . And covered him with roses. Tittle awoke—'' Away," he kindly said, Go, trifle with the graces. • You know that I was never, made , To toy with pretty finest' 'Tie pleasant to 66 sweetu clime, ' To rest a white from duty, I'll sleep a little more," said Time; " No, do wake up!" said Beauty. P,He rose! but he was grim and old, She fit her roses wither VanNM His seyt e upon ter nee was co 1,, . His hour-glass .made her shieer Her young cheek shrank, her hair turn'd gray, Of grace he had bereft her; And when he saw her droop away, He spread his sings and left her. And thus I point my simple rhyme, It is the minstrel's duty. Beauty should never sport with Time , Time always withers &ant -- 54% to re-ut Another La The facts which I am now about to nal .rate. nearly in the refugee's own wordy, tvere<detailed to me by the-individual him , self, the object of most devoted attachment on the part of his young wife. ' He was ono Of the Spanish refuiees, who had just suc ceeded in reaching yhe 'French territory— . .Bayonne—the history of whose escape is -Of an equally romantic character with that of M. de Lavallette. 2 The name of the individual alluded to is 'D. Bolo& Barber° Quintero. His family having been knoWn to the President of the 'Provisional Government, named- by the in aurgentalii the, city of Vittoria, he Wa9.ap pointed Secretary of the Junta formed for the "piirptise •of arming and defending the province of Alava, and , was employed by 1 41.044 es 'de Oca in drawjng up reports and .otheedocutrients eunnecTed with tha intert% t ded defenetV4 the city against, the:troops - ,of the•Gavarnment, but , more partied - Mt agaim4 Ansa of Martin Zurbano.' Quinte ?Mill a young mut, about twenty-five years 01d,,,5,' - passeseeti of ranch intelligence, and ' good education. In his per sen .4a ~..,under. middle _size,' alight and ,gracefiilly 'Madre : but his features are ex -lirassiircof intellect, and of much &tenni • neliba. After the resolutioritome to by the 3J,ito.ta defeqd the eity.against the approaeliusg*inior Redil;,,Quirittirimaw that all: was lover; yet he was itill:sufwil+ ling to tlee; 'and it.was not until he beheld toelOtal - ehange ishich came over the, pop -I.lllooond until he heard si price _was set on thiliAbaill'of the unfortunate Monica de, < , .oea,t,ljut-t !e felt it wmild be the act of a ' 4 1 nOmPi -(4'.lAwait the fate , which , tie"knew ;Watild be' teeplved:far_ell_who.. had_diathu -4ltliolitiOliemseires so. much in,the ‘lnt , ,had done. Nevertheless, it was not 'mud 'after' the departure of his ..4hief fibm`Vittoria,' that Quintero made an • . - bY#lO4, and gained ill% mountains of ‘ ,„OPP,katito, 'in 'the 'direction .of„Salinas. nient~,aa' was to haSe - passed along the .* I ,chain; , 'wPich ;•sepasattis Guipuseao croft avOrrtii' called the Sierra de Arable; io , :have*. s _ePt gin toinid:Goyzueta,...thenee Nero,''urdaa., sad , ( Anally Into the French territory. ' ` • .~ ~.' . , -•. , • • . ... . . . . . . . , . . . . . . • ~ ~. . . , , . . , . , . . • • . , - • • . , . . • , • • -. '43.....-„,.12. - ,..,.. ' . .. . . .. ' . . . .. ' . . . -•-. I -' ; ' .. ,' ,'... '; ?-: 4 ' : \ ''' .:-. 6 ... . .. ~ . . ' " . , .., • .. ' . • . , .. . ( ~.,.• '. -...-' ()1 '',''', ,''', • I ' ,: ' '.•', i. : Lir r ..; -- , , . , . . ... ..., ~ . . . . ...„..., ~.- •-•!!,' .--t . - - ' - - - Al ''', ',. ~. .. .:_.....,.... . . , . - • . s. • . . ... . , . . . , , , . ;.. . . . • -,',. •.. •' . . . • - , :. . • . ~ . . , . . .. .. .. . ~. , . ... • . , - . , . . .. . . . . , . .... . . . . . . . , . . . . . ~... _. . , .. lill ME ing in anguish. The •only 'person allowed to enter 'bed/cell where the prisoner. was confined'was . a young girl, who brought him his meals, and only twenty minutes were allowed for dinner and supper. ' The former meal.svacraaken at mid-day, and the latter in the evening. •Al seven o'clock .in the evening of the slat of 'November, a ,ymingfetnale.went; to,theoutertloor 9f the prison, , witicarballetifiliferlir arm,.which wati"piiitially'concealed under a large coarse shawl flung across her shoulders; a red handkerchief was bound abOuther' head, in the fashion of "theAlavese peasant girls, 1 ,and her costume was-,otherwise that of the criticlatt, or servant girls of Vittoria.., She demanded permission,.in the usual manner, to enier.With the, prisoner's supper. The sentinel at - the - gate referred her to the ser geant of the guard. Fortunately the com pany which 'had .previously been on, duty was changed that 'same day;and the gene ral orders for their guidance.referred,only to the admission twice a day orthe' bearer of prisoner's meals, but did not give Any specific description of personal-.ap pearance of the bearer. After undergoing the coarse jestsend brutal allusions of the 'soldiers of the guard on her selection aim advancied an hour, when night had already commenced, to visit ',ftLprisoner, *she wan allowed. to 'enter, and Was successfully' pas sed from one sentinel to another until she . reached the cell of the captive:, ''By some isifiwardness, or More'probably by design, she threw down thesmall iron !Min), which was suspended tram the door-frame, and by.ineans of-which' the soldier stationed at the' entrance, which was always left open, might had a partial view of his charge.* The moment they were leffin darkness, and while the sentinel proceeded to the se cond.gate to light the' larrip, she addressed the-young man—"Mj , beloved Eulogio, lose mat .a.moment, throw off yOur coat, put on rirrelethei, While 'I. bind this handker chief _about.yout-heach-Aake;this'lMeket, in which my poor bahy.ie aeleepoind flyefly, for,the love of Gild You will give the child to ari old ivotiran, whom yee, ! Will• find waiting at , the,Bilboa 'gate,. ~ .Provided that you And My child 'are, out of all - danger, I, arrt-readrto,suffer death--in--your plaee Speak not a. word.; every,monientis.pre-= cious. You-only lose 'time by attempting. to resist, or refuse, for I have•coMe. here with catletet i ininationov-hich-neitheryitif anyone else can. change. ..Farewell! escape upharined, and :1 do not. think the 'Regent Will shoot me , for : my love, fur, my husband, ' we Abell . meeCegein;l:not,"Eu logle,,tbiek of .me.:wheril . be..in the grave, :Ad ".love ::our :obild-44-poor 414: mat, more thalLikir,sv'eeli3 - idd: , ...llush Speak- n9ti,,thtrinel is . here,withilies Li 1111 A FAMILY ( NEWSPAPER:-DEVOTED . TO OW% POLITLCS,,LITERATLTRi, THE ARTS AND SOiENCES, AGRICULTiIiEi EMUS MI NT H &O; 'After many difficulties, he succeeded in arriving , as far as 'Ooyzueta., It' was'a few days after the daeth of MunagOrd, and the ttitrible C,hapelgoty, Elorrio, was hovering about those passes. • Quintero was-ignorant of the incident ;which had taken place in 'the. neighborhood a . short time before, and which ternainated.in the eitleath of the 'ue rist leader. As he was.leaving Goyzults at daybrealc,_he • was discovered by on'e-of the Chipelgories; and delivered 'up to the chief Prayers . arid entreaties' Wiffil-tif to -avail, nor yet bribes-; for who ever heard that Elorrio was turned-aside from his pur-' pose by aupplicati *or money? He I YIIIB led_to SW Sebastian, lodged in the citadeli and - in. a feW" days conducted back to Vit toria; and -there he remained in hopeless captivity until the night of the 2181 of No vemberq His 'cause bad been • already formed, and his trial was to come on on the 24th, before the. Alilitary'tommissiorr. Not having been a military insurgent, and. not having taken any ,prominent part. as chief or leader, in the - rebellion, he at first thought that the extreme penalty of the law would net be inflicted on him. But in this hope lie.was deceiving himself; Ire was in- . formed that there waif but little elianeeiir escape for an individual who had held such close relation•with the chief of the, rebels. Quintero had been married sbouta year; previously, to a - ,y.oung—lady named 'Juana '•de . ArSitio,..a. native of 'Eybar, in the.pro vince of Gulf:linen, who has not - y6t•cotq- . pleted her twe'nty.first.year. She_was one. - iif:those heroic young women whet;oin 1834, _When her native town was attacked by Za baia;in-thecommencement of ithecciiiihwar,. assisted the Christino troops so materially in defence._-__ShiTi - vas then . only kiln—, teen years old, and the service she.rendered was that of placing herself on her knees is the centre of a squ'are of soldiers, and sup plying:them amuniticio, filling their pouches so as to - prevent a moment being lost, while Showers of hullets were flying around her,. and . men fell dead on every • side. - • • ' - ,When the tidings of her •husband's dan ger reached . her, she at once formed the de termination of saving, or of perishing with himTwlroirroli - e - doated - ocrto distraction. _ 'l'lie'cell in whichkQuintero was confined was small and narrow. rEhe•door was al ways left open, and a senthiele i vas placed at th - tratitliiitiotoiceep . t4c: rwitHW l ers inc4hermas,statinn ed at,the.outer gate,' and aithird tept guard at the street door. To reach his dungeon' it teas necessary to pass these three doors, one of which was termed of iron bars.— The prisoner had bean fOrbidden to hold communication with any person whatever; and.his.wite's application to see and' visit him,had been sternly refused. Thc poop young.woman" went tortlid prison door se veral timeS,Overy day withiher,hatty urns,' and as often yreturned after vain sup Jication for admits Simi Edited and .Ipablislied ,for the Proprietors, at Carlisle Cainberiand County Pa. Quintero made an effort to change her resolution, but she; would listengtemoargu ment. He did.as she.reouested, and in the, course of few minutes he - had puton het' 'gown, shawl,- 'and handkerchief, and she wrapped herselrap Atli cloak.. In of to prevent any 'suspicion on the part of the soldiers at the gate, - therremaitted together the usual time allowed-for:the - repast,. and • Enlogio then ‘took• ,up .the'•bisket, .covered withliie'shawt f and.,pasied the first sent. , '-"Lis :was" iiroceeding'toWird - the outer gate, the.child awoke, and to prevent its cries from•being noticed, thebther be gan to sing, in a loud voice, an.old:Basque,' rovideii;eoi6wever, decreed th,at the interruption should not be noticed, and he at length succeeded in reaching the street.. He at.onee.proceededdo t the gate ?indicated; found the old wornan, whom he recognized as having-been his wife's nurse; gave the 'child to her, and without a moment's delay, Made for the mountaitts. Eight days he remained wandering - among those tremen dous passes, with no clothing but his pan taloons and shirt, and his feet and" hands torn by the brushwood in which he was obliged, from time to time,lo conceal him- Self frompthe - raliteti.a — Military wlfoitt he was conitantly etteountering. had not less than twenty-four leagues to travel be fore he could reach the frontier, and his food, during the whole-painful journey, was e morsel of bread and a draught'Of 'Water or eider,-'given him by the poor peasants tear whose habitations, he found himself, and Who, though - knowing he was flying from the avenger, never once - `thought of betray ingthim. 'On reachitig, in a state_ OlLdre_tulful-ex.- haustatietWthe - Bsoi,:lie found that the left-tatik was' occupied iq every -- part; - by Spanish - soldiers, who had even.seized:the boats to prevent the'refugeea from crossing. Being in .a - state of desperation, he plunged `into the aver, careless whether-he was shot or drowned.- As if some superior will had decreed that the noble and heroic act. prompted by pure conjugal love . , should .. not pasatvithout its due reward, *tattler() suc ceeded ;in -gainini•tlie opposite bank,--the part httbad selectetlbeingrfordable,'tliewa; terreacbing ontrto his middle; neither_ was he - seen by the , Spaniards. ' • On arriving.on the French territory the knelt down, and, in the enthusiastic fervor of hill gratitude, returned thanks to Heaven forhia/stilir ,- millierseetired-aa,Baytee .day before yesterday. 'Up to two o'clock yesterday ho had re ceived no account of his wife, and he con tinues, as yet, in a.state of indescribable anxiety as to , her fate. , There can be no 'doubt, however, other ultimate safety, and of her speedy re-union with the object .of her love. Martin Zurbano himself conld. not find it in his heart to do otherwise than reward such an act of noble fidelity. . . The young .lady ,who has;thus distin guished' herself belongs to an ancient and . young and beautiful, as are the great part of the females of her native'province; of the Middle size, slight,. and exquisitely formed in her person. She has been Amarried apmething more than a year, and heryehidgs not more than two months old. IVIK.X.IAM &MISTOOK. . passed , upthe.natural avenue„and came upon the green. My feelings were .very peculiar as • I walked slowly toward the. village church. . I entered. A popular preaelier ,was holding forth, and ,she meeting diouse. was much crowded: . Se veral persous,were standing up, and I soon' •discovered,thattimust retain my perpendic ular positiOn, as every seat was crowded. 1,,, however, passed up -the „aisles i ttritiFil gained, a - position where I could have a-fair -view of the faces of nearly all present.—; Many of the' congregation looked curiously at me, for I was a strangento them all. ,In a few moments, however,: the attention -of every person appeared to he absorbed in the discourse,-and+l'myself Itad.btgun to he in,- terested. '. The . speaker - was fluent; and many of his4light.s..were even sublime. The music of the Wood" and the fragrance of the heath seemed to respond to his elo quence. Then it was no. great stretch. 4 tha.;imagination,to fancy that• the fair crea- . trures around me wera, , beiugs,of a higher . sphere. ' • • While my feelings were thins divided 14- tween the beauties and blessings ef,tbelwo worlds .antFwrapt-in a sorri:irpOilieariti.: votion, I detected:some glances at me .of the most animatedt'eharacter: need' not .dst! I scribe. the - sensations . 'et:varlet:iced 'by a youth when the eyes-of a beautiful female rest fora length.' of time upon. his counts ,nance,.and'when he imagines -himself to be' an object of interest to her . I returned her ' -glances with -intpreativnil threw-all the - ten- - derness.intoWty.eyes, which the .scene, my meditations,. and the discourse had. inspired in - .my,lieart.. - doubting not -that the fair young , damsel possessed- 'kindred feelings with myselll—that. Ave were drinking so - - getheratthelonntaiWof inspiration : - - flow : could it be otheriviseU • • • She ,, ' - had.t.heen.rbnin 'asulonurturedlamid, these , wild s_mc_ 4Jomansie—seinei r it' nd-Was , made' up.. of rornance;:ef 'poetry, andlen `'deinesst.'and -when I thought of the purity of wninan'slovedetfotiOn—her troth; l'arderitly. hoped chat I Might ,ipeef with her:'Where , WO-entild ~enjoY'a sweet;inter." ehtingeef‘tsentident.•• - 11er: ] . glanerits' Con tinned.' Several 'our:tyro': mei, '4,i lertgts,She benediction wqe pronounced.., .I lingered. abinit, the premises until I' snw . ,,the slarkly.ed "damsel pct ;opt fur '.ltOrne-i'alone` wanDametrupwr 4vousultrtea . WIRIBIRMAIIII7 See alum. ~ .. , '.Frons-thejleiltimaret 411mican . . , , ~ There' ji a couitV,,.,ln ~ Alvbama..calletl MAnewort. The .ccircurnetunces . under which the apfiellation wet given to it are alludet) . tojn en', etftlrCse° bef o re. the ..p s 'ni-' vers)ty, Otitis. bi. Mr. A. B.P4eek—they, are connected . with 'some historical Wei dente -. r s of generally. kn own iti,tfibi cini#oll,. After liejall 4 .lslapblabn. ,teiNal Pf: r hia diet) Wetted ' G enerale and 'cpmpainobe • . , and' on fooi. Oh ! that the customs of so ciety - would-01'mill forme are Atu'el o ne in soul ..__ Oruellormality! that the: sup 1 a barrier _between hearts .rnade-f r each oilier ! Yet Ifollowed her. She oked behind,• and t thought she evinced s ' e emotion in recognizing me ae ,the stranger. Of the day.' I ipieckeined My pace, and she 'actually .slackened lers, as if to let me come up - with hei. . - • --." " - Noble young oreature4" •thought ler llllVi.artleav and Warm heart is superior .to the shackles'of:muttom." .qtatiength cane within a stone's_throw, or , her. -- She stiddeOlY halted, and turned hei face towaro me. My heart swelled to bursting. J,ireached the spot wfiere she .stood. She beian.to speak, and I took or my hat in reverence. "Arc you a iodise?" she asked. "No, my dear miss, that is not my oc donation:" ' " Well, I_ don't know;" cOntiniled.she,, not, .very bashfully. and eyeing me very -sternly.; _ l 'l thought ,when I saw you in the eneetinehouse that you looked like the pedlar•whq passed off a : pew,ter.half-dollar on me -- ittroii - tiVee - Weeks ago, and sol de termined to , keep an eye , on-you.- Brother, John has got home now, and he says-that if he eatehes•ihe feller he'll 'wring hit neck for him ; and j aint sure but youlre the good-foi-nothing rascal after alll" Reader, did. you ever take a showerbath? ;EUTTLE An' BUNKER. HILL. BY AN LAYS-WITNNBS . AND - 41.DT0N.,2N Sane - ''ISCENF4. --The following_particulars, which_ strictly - Ara, were gathered (torn - Sergeant Buxtbp,_an old man whoaervedahis coun-• try long and faithfully, and, WhO after the war, lived many years on,my grandfather's farm, in C. parish, in the state of Con.: nectiout: The old man said that is 'he ivas standing on' .the hill, the. night_befor - a__theL hattle, Putnam cattle alOng and threw down some rails. telling the soldiers to . throw up the intrenchment pretty muchas these - tail& lay.:_ The_ goldiers went to work ,with geoat spiritY and .'Old. Put" passed Buxton :twined .et :the ,works all night; and in the morning haatenedttoi,joindila,reg- NYou have i prolkably seen. it• stated, in some OftheOpitny aceenhta,olada battle, which you may-have read. that one regi ment either througb cowardice of its Colo -'olb or Amtivq,. (probably not from any other motive) kepi aloof and . did not enter the battle. Buxton., (who was a,sergeant in this regiment ; ) says that every face in it but one, was burning with. impatience and anger. 'Twas too much for Buxton; he steppedup to his captain and asked him, l 4whether or not, he 'should be, considered as a deserter if he left the ranks of the cowardly rascal?" The, cap lain told him that he had no autboritpto let him go, but that he would • answer for it that.no.diegrace would ensue if l i e should do it. JO it. _Amain and,a. number more who heard this, immediately sprang from .the ranks and ran with allneed,tortlie,intrench ment. il'hoy.reactiied itjustas-theirfrientla Were .preparing to fire the second 'time. A. moment After entering. Buxton Saw Oen. Putnam, n Ito came Alm, and told him, •himself,.not. to , trestill thaiwhite of the en .ein yla.eyes- were-visible r a nd---ilienitirrak-a deliberate aim, with a steady hand, and fire loW; after that, to fire de. fast as . he could. ,He also saw, at a4ittle distance,Varren, le ..standing in fe et'a frock, encouraging the men. as reigned- fur a little Wlhile, arid th e the word : firel They did so, and the matt moment saw blood lowing in yin:anti!. .The effect was tre mendous.. "Oh, hoW.4lierfell,," exclaim ed the old. man - as he related it. -rtiiii-in stant, eleven hundred men, tumbled to the earth together, and lay struggling in the ag onies of Aleath. Again the, British , fled, and again they rallied and poured into the intrenchment.— Then canicthe desperate affray; and lastly the order to the Atnericani,-tcicittake..core of themselves." Whey did so, and refreat ed in confusion over the.neck, across which cannonballs from the flotillaLwarerconstant lyllying. As Buxton was pasting ..with the rest, over the neck, he sarm ahead of him, one of his townsmen. His 'first thooght,wer.ri'll.ga and speak ,to,bitn, and he sprang forward to touch hint. At that instant a cannon ball from the . lioating bat „tery.cutribe 'man •in .two.; Buxton leaping overbis mangled body, and passed sitlNl Wh.en-thesti-bravermes out of danger they met 'a great crowd of they countrymen loaded with arms ,and provi sions for them. - TBulto'n - saw his iiwn fath er leading a horse laden ,with eatables.; Igm „what they .were, and' mentioned among the rest. two large cheeses, 4fle says that, the ezeitemens„ives,iiEtense.— r Id Rreytheaoed 'men came riding ikon Their long-tailedhnares, griiiping their long muskets, Anil eagerly asking, "where -are they? where are they !” - He says that the prevailing.spirit was such that thc. &maul could hardly be prevented .from, rushing pelt. melt into Boston.H.thek. bsd, h t,he shock .:Woulti bps most tremendous, for such a' spirit' nothingilbut death' can quell. r, ' -J 0.41.• came to the ;United 841tes and igeived ,crom Congress ; ,the`:Brd March. 'lBl7, a grant of landsltt Alabama, the conditions of-the grants being that the emigrants ,ahould cultivate the vine upon one acre of each :9uarter section; indrthe olive upon anoth m, a nd at, the end of fourteen years shOuld play tfie . ,General Go'Vernment two , dol ;lap an acre for fee-simple title to the land.“...4tmong.the .grantees were Marshal ;divinity, Gen.tefebyre Desnouetts, Duke 'of Dentate, and a Marshall and Peer 4f France, Gen. Count Clause!, Gem Count twki Generals, Allemand, and ,Gene-! rals Yaudamine, Lakanal, Pennines, 'and Gamier de Suintea: *with a number of sub ordinate officers. They .settled upon the Toinbenbete''.viiier and' called their colony after the noted battle' field ofillarengo—a name , which 'Abe ,embracing ,the localiti_nrthe'settlement For a time, k sheals,:t nipitary yu relies dwelt peacefully and happily -new and with - the- characteristic' philosophy of 'Frenchmen' adaptedVMS selves to the circOnistances of tfietr con lt. Lion.. - A traveller in 1819 passing through -the settlement stv as ferried over ;Lever by the officer who had commanded Napo leon!s advance guards on his return from Elba. .While the warlike- husbandmen turned the eword into a plough-814're and, the.spear,into a pruning hook, the female 'portion of the colonists were einployed in avocations still more in contrast with their former'.-p Od4 .of The',addrest, re .marks.: . • liere; dWelling in cabins, : and engaged in humble attention to , the spinning wheel -and - the loam, oritandling. die 'weeding and the rake, in their little gardens, were matrons and maidens, - who had been' born to proud. titles and high estates, and who had moved affetars'of particular adoration., amid the fashion and refinement - arid impe rial display of; the Court of Versailles.- -A-nd-yet—to their honor be it stated—not withstanding the_ rustic and ill proportion ed circumstances around - them, they did not - appear dispirited or miserable. Notli, ing 'of "angels ruined," was visible in their can4ition. They were contented—smil ing--klappy." _ • ,12kie of the JAW amusing things among .the.unnattal compliances which these cele br,ved skarrioris i ycjitled -to with i llative good humor, was to iiie'abeat . .mustered and drilled by_ a militia officer, on training days—accenjing to the statutes of the cent monNealth made and pravitled. • But these unquiet spirits.,:coqtinues the address, nursed in the storms of battle and the convulsions ;of States, could not 1614 brook the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, and one by one, they left some for the ar mies of the South American Republics, some. for their native country; until in 1833, hardly a vestige Of the eolony remained.=-- -A .strunger..would now in vain look amongst the black lands and•the broad, cotto i n fields of Marengo for theLsirnple_patellea_,.' upon which the Duke of Dantzic or Count Mu se( attempted to cultivate the olive and the Y.lll@. ilneedote of Dr. Dwight.—Dr. Dwight, the late able President of Yale College, when quite young .was remarkable for his literary .atia mente„....._Ai—thes._ageLotnine. teen he-as - Oppinted Tutor; and the class phich he superikended, was so grad- . fled viiitti4te Pains_ and attentibn,wkich be bestoweu updn. them, thasen his relinquish ing that office, they presented him smith an elegant ring with "plusmernielti . "..iiiieribed on it. Shortly after happening to beln.a mixed company of young ladies and gentle. ! men, akilartford, among whom was Trim • bull, the':huinorous author ofAleFingal, he hegan,. not • with a little self-complacency, to exhibit-thc.ring.• ;rho. ladies ,Ivere.ed miring it. and thronged around Trumbull ' .to learn what the meaning of the motto wee. !'Thou deservest more," said the sarcastic .wit, no 9ply deservesi to be ringed, btipie ought likewise to be . yoked." rtkpood'un.—When is a. fiddle like a leak. in a ship? When it sets the pumps ageing. 1 I ' . R-ttiNPi Aribefy r Alnpestigcstion.—A, resolution has passed both Houses for the appoint ment of a• joint Committee to investigate the chores of bribery aud colruption •a taiget-thedlaillkpfth`ccOrnition The resolution -tontines .41tri•-inisailgatimi of , thrk,Committee in the case of the U. S. Bunk to ,Ote oColttaining its charter and since that time. Mi. Surverisionteittl ed that, as this matter was once. before in vfetigatecl, the House had no right again to put men,upon trial after years had'elapsed; that aftet' they likd,been fully and honora bly-acquitted. it was contrary to the spirit of the Constitution again to try,them. A , motion by. him to thi§ effect was, however, ' i negatived, 67 to 21-4-atiil the reeolution was eaccied,,74 to 13. The .committee on the Honse are Shorewood, Heford and Lowry. Adams The Montreal Herald of the 3d inst. says: The - health of the inliabiltants _Ms 'seldom been in so bad a state as at 1 5 Feeeeed 'rleat!‘" are more numerous; than in any years except lhoise""!Shini•the cholera decimated the land. We have beep informed, on good ,authority: Wire AbOut", one htmdred-:atorrn inter. mints lasi, *leek in the Roman Cetholie buriml ground slime, ,-" The' U.; S:` schooner •Piperhninkiras et ,B►letioi 4yres okthi tlth or. thicembei: • •• -' s'" ' "W. : u“ 5.1,; .rdg MMtiWi=l •.~ ~., • MEI Nt,tottßgi „9tAtit r. Novell; of the Michigan't egiShiturei as infroduc-' a bill before that body for giadiffiiq With drawinz ,from circulation. gee State scrip. and Makiiig it receivablefor county and town as well'is state taxes. The effect of this bill will be, if it - passes, to make all the' scrip naw)in .circulation , at par with good funds, • and that this . - augmentation-of its value may tend to , keep,itlßcircidation. Toted Bldde. !It turns out that,one of the " traitors " who sigried:the.MCmorial St* a diaplution the, pr4sentsitionof .Vidi.icir his caused so much uprOar in Congress, wastirecandidate of le the .Democracy" of Essex county, , Massachusetts, .for .the .Sedate,of that state; and it is no more than ?Wee or four weeks .since he received the united vote of -" the Demneraticmemhers• orthe.Legialatere " fOr that.nffice.—New Yor(c Commercial. FROM FLORlDA.—A:correspondent of the •Savannah ' Republican, under date of the 20th Ultimo, writes as follows: !`..Con. the 25th inst. Mijor Plympton, in. command of 80 men:-of 2il Infantry-, galliently encountered; under every disad vantage, Halleck Tustinuggir,onlhehead of Hawk ` river, • which rune Lake, eist.tsfihi . !St—JOhn!s..:A (tested fight ensuad,'lhatlasta:fotty:five. minutes. 'The enemy .retreit'ieit 'leaving tyiro' i Wiltriokii'VroWitled.oli:ilie.field; : one has since died; '.onesOldier:Was killed and two wdunded. The evidence of blobdiin.sev ern' trails leadint from - the . battle ground WWI a guaranty that 'some of the Indians had suffered from ball and buckshot-- - .'!Troops arc outin'every direction, - .and akont being Tut in positicinio i head . this celebrated Chief, with every hope of -sec bees, Whether he wends his way north, or South, or welt." - ' DISTURBANCE ON THE RAILROAD.--We are informed by a passenger who came Or in the cars from Boston last evening, that a serious disturbance took place in the cars, at Taunton, in consequence of some cola ed persona being removed from the "long car ' to one prepared for their use. When about six miles from Taunton, Mr. Bird, the •conductor, entered the car occupied by the colored persons, to collect the l ikkOs, aryl was assaulted in a brutal inanner; and of ihdeolikefl men, (Shadrach Howard, of this town,)dreiv whitgeSpati iqh and made a pass at him, buiTorju. 'lately was disarmed before he had timelo inflict a serious injury. After some; delay on the road, the cars returned to Taunton. where Howard was,left in charge of an of- 1 ficer.—New Bedford Register. Stirtlin g'as well as Strange.—Virginis is divided by the Blue Ridge in two distinct sections, one occupied by planters, with slaves, and the other mostly by an intelli gent white (arming population. A :Wash ingtOttiorreepondentiqs,'atoong &von ders of the day at Washington, is vie novel and extraertlinary phenomenon presematl irtalte - notice of a .petition from Virginia for the Abolition of , Slaveryinalte District of Columbia ! It is signed by ninetyithree men in-Lewis enunly, which is iik,:the northern part of the,interior lirtheiState, a free-laboring, g'ra'in-arowink district, which has been much filled up' lately with the iturdy northern farmers who have been emigrating thither from Pennaylvania. significant portent, and a notable alp of the times.-:-#F,'Aiia. Paz. • • • WESTERN WATISRA.--47NCirMati, .047, P. M.—The River is still rising rapidly here. The Raritan. which left Pittsburg laet,nursd4y .evening. .reports it !Wog there—she lay-by elf night :12 miles this side of . Pittsburg, and during the night it rose 0 feet. She left Wheeling late on, Friday: evening. ; where it was rising 6 in phes an tour. and wits already higher• thin it had yet reached this Beason. Captain Smith, of the Raritan. thinks that' we may look forst least 10 feet more of water belly. ileatkw no sign ,9f jolt at any poiqt.above. trzEt.m6..Feb. ba n Thmitiiii; which we noticed in outlast as haying risen to an alarming height, commenced -falling .on Sunday morning, and has been gra4u9lly declining since. irheAnother has contum n. • . ed enmu_444,_:_wintery,arut_ r yetisterday- 1 aiming the ground was covlred . ..yrith Snow. ..m l Weite. , ' .61 Happy Effec .-4h*Rooheater..Dem. ocrat says :_u The Secretary of thn Sa. vingsAiiink of this cio.,ul4lus.. yesterday, that lady had . just' depositetener'hundred and twenty-five dollars in that institution. nyrmtlity her, husband from the mils of hi( dity.labor since he: itigned •, the cold water pledge in juirlast. each a fact should be heralded from . one, end of the• land to the other, as, one of the blessed fruits of tem. perance." - , • . ' ~The Milking 'Watch New York— The , New =York „Tattler; of Wednesday, flys that - George Washington 'Dixon,. had ateontplishedlheletawwttlitirata - nd - ont - &417 int 48 hours wil'hogt rost, potig„;rtunt going a11.'10;.t0..,e80,:if be could ,not'inaiid 6in -55 fiiiurs. Thies parsons "darted in Brook lyn. butsthey gave nntroe,ne'of theni be. came delirimilkshe end o f 4.6 . himos:Oild( 40'431114541W • rtiinutl7','4e—t BridforYd.tsq..hilkgeo4CnrVby.Presiientglat'Plitrgt 34dri!1 Po t : . the 3 bidp. . - • • liticli . giai . uitiriart.‘ . * Di1...64-; - -.# ts* - . et)'.l • 'Me •011Ated'elphia Inquirer ealet'' rO4l, eighteen to twenty .Cishierio • of Country Banks .112,4 beenlniiliiire,ltirlitiing-the-litit week; leineofi.lterii fon;ger. We inlet they will be able akrengetnent for The siroriipt iedemUtion „of their notes . ,Wite) City Banks nee& them ne ronOiti ctittife nient ; and thetrthreik them '." ifigh,diky Robber Shoi.'A highwat,' robber was - shoydead near ..Virellisborotigli ? .• Tina county, t. by a traveller whoni he attempted to gbh.: The traveller; . on,.looltin . g:at his pititol,"dieCoriiii• ed 41igit She 'dilate had been removed at 1,141 tavern where he put. tip, :and the pisiot stled km. 'Allis ek'ell'ed his sus aifc nth something riibfesuhetan tial into his weapons. ..Onlitit*ay he,vivati attacked, be fired, shot the i•Obber, end then • diseOvered that the latter 'Was his landlord of the previous evening. Extkniss.-A Wiscnu g in teclitor 1104 knowledgee the receiindif (onitessinnal dgfuments " in ativince of the mail," in consequence of a flock of wolves ckaaink tl)'epitet.tider across the prairies Mr. 3onathan Walker killed a %rid ana a panther on ahunt, o in Uhion . county;.ot. on .the.t3th.ult. Another`paitiffiAroeAlt,tvill) the first; escapetk, • • -• • • • panic of Westminster, (111(14—it report has. been- exienaively circulated' that the Batik of iVeitminster has failed, and we understand thit the crpditors have been i poacid_oti,to-a-Cinisiderable—epejA.Z.,Varp ro,lltopipm . . , . mote? eir,rite ELoPesteser.--This singu• tar affair enntlniiiii, to be the talk- of every circle. A - Waihington letter, now before us, gives us ,the annexed account of the' young lady's fortune and fumily,--Ea.tis York Herald; • .'. - •'- . . 7 • WASHINOTON, Fob: 7. 1840. So far - as the facts have transpired hr thin city, where the parent and relatives :now. are, there are these: Col. - C,roghait i 4,f' • Pittsburg;, Pennsylvania, some twelili dk fifteen montlisince,placed his only,dsugh;; ter the - school, it orderto coMpletothei • education in all -the accomplishments nm essary for a young lady of-her immens,e wealth. she being the. sole heiress of all !h i p property of the late ,Mr. O'Hara, of Penn; aylvania, embracing, it is said, over fifty acres of land, now covered with houses, in the heart of the city of Pittsburgh, will it revenue arising out of the same ta l k.) ' mount of €60,000 or $70,000 per anntimi the sole mistress of . ..which ettorhiotis'estalis • the lady in questien - heemites;'en her arris • ' val at legal age. - The young lady is under.fifieenjestb of age, very, very beautiful; and l illktrorTnclit • her intellectual, powers, ,so fad tie her ex- • treme youth has made the developemehl.--- _The_lather-is-now in this city, at the reri-, denro of his brother=in4alv, Col. Jesup, of the United. Stales Army. in a state border ing upon distraction, and calling forth . ** sympathy. of this .W hole editimtlnftY: "-h !Mil ti vi and Money Ricovered.—Wo learn theta double breath of the Commandniente _waive= m i tted--i tr-- Rio Irrerntd - tiii - TO aid iiir night. A man (name uukonernAo us) not only :coveted the . pife lutd _money. of this neighbor, but did atiti`lly pr oceed to iteali take, and carry away' the same. The Lotitacio and:his fair one reached Peters burg, and were about to . proet:edZostk i ner the City Point Rail Road and so on, wifett they were arrested by the injured husband on ,Wedneeday. and carried brek to Rich mond. apwards of $706 wee found on the per Son of the seducer, who had taken it from the injured party. donbilees foithe , purpose of "taking pare" •of it - a wife of said injured . parly.-4 5 eterstirrizi441. ' • _General .lAnte e i Iramilion.--LThe state ment riuide.in The:Ricionoud paeaot. OAP effect that this distinguished gentleman; the reputed North , Star of Chivalry. had apprei. priated le his own use $75.000 of the pro: reeds of the bonds, ofthe . James River and ' anawha Company. confided tolitathstie for the purpose of a loan upon it in Europe. is received by the community with regret and astonishment. The Richmond Enqui. rer suggests that the 'junk : Niel bechleas, .Ristlirected. aturvire now in the handl of iiir.;Ciiiget.'of New York. a friend and inaman-olGeneraFilamilto . .Gen..if. arrived at thivihkin s the eteltn• erVorth,:frefil Wokaa ti a, _and' Milled'. *AA passage to• New Oficatte in a regulit`. steam-packet that plies between those pla. res. He reached Nee Orleans onthentlt January. and proceeded_immediately Jlti TeXBB..it was said, to.trette.aorne bulkier* with Taxian "Government, touching 'the loan he hall to negociate, for the young publio.ZWetrhingteolnde .111.(6 rte. o6 . . Arlo!) Mr . TorsiLostnt tee TA .tvh • s i William:lt .''Sharer, a respectable : citizen of,Little Falls, whO hid tbeen with 000' his sons in a Aragon to visit a daughtefl* turning home on•Subday nigkt, in attempt- '' ing to ford a it*llen stream'which empties • 'into the Mohan., 'got into ee pe4p4l eur. ° which'Teiirtim he could not reictle 'hit& self. His cries • for relief were heard.-4ut no relief could reneh,hitir. ''•!Xint ;mightier* however, rallietrind'szolebted the horses • alive, and in dte•course of the 'night fOltbri the remains of oneoftho , bnire.; • ati•lin,thet • •cnorninrtheylonnd the body of Mr..Eihii='' 'ver.. with that of his younstit'sori lag irriltath, to .his bead ndthrut .per- 'father and two eons. 'hie :was•tied to his fathers hick wittt•the•whip . Evening Jaurnel. • Q 'MI BE =9
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