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.tote -mien othaes, where the blue waters sleep,
• ' Itifbestutiful .4brio •
polifeieibifs.stippOrteditsvielglit on' tile, deep;
• Andes thelittesifere
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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. ~ .
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° - .„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
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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
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,
. 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; • .'. - •'-
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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. '
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_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.
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