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046#41/Afielsa taillvi Ntillaitoterltio4.6tlol4"3_
Vortrq:
my Ko.her'q Last Good-Bye
' As dolyn HlVatm:l4lomm I roam •
' 1 think of elilldhoters happy homer
Ny holy mother's salutly...tpeo,
• Der,lokr, her last and fimitembrace; •
,Thetear.of lore that dy med her eye,'• -
When she spoke to her boy the last goodbye.
.t-.-Ilranderod.frommy.natite_land, - • -
Far Nattily bearth•ttopo:a lumpy land, .
And in a utmuge and foreign clime,
I panned to mark the tread of Time. • • •
tint then, e'en iliOn; loft as a eigli; •
My. heart would lienrtheword brood -bye.
I've been ateld.the Chogeion.d seines of Ilfe;'
Ilea& wanton; tell their tales of strife- 7
Of combats, with black horror fraught,
And laurels elltoo dearly bought. .
Anild all'ti4a voice woubbery, •
In accents deep, the word good-bye. •
My mother died—her spirit-fled- • '
To the - Vast rogitols of the dead. -- " •
No mausoleum with glided shade,'
Elands out in pomp where she is laid. . '
An hi-liable mound—a lowly tomb,' .
Whore grass may wave and the wild howers.:bloom
Dout3te.i the hallowed rodting place
Of one replete_wlth every greet,.
All I all may fade, but Infer shall I
Forgot that Molt, that:last good•byo..
c-(-c-rf-Lti-1 , e.. -
A - SIIRGEON S,REVENGE
:•
!leapt} , ihtereating :story was
related bj Dr. Gibson, in one of his lectures
R71213,, 21
SU
1220
: before the torAcitt elat; or Univereity 7. o
yennerlen,oin. ' The Itero,of the stony
sale, one of the utosterniuent . of Italian tlur
, .
goons. ._, , - .
;-• Andrew Vesale -first saw light in the city of
Brussels.' Ills father svas.an apothecary,__at,
I •thched I to •the service of the Princess Margaret,
flout of Charles V., - andiroverness
. of •the low
countries. . .
' IJp to the period when Vesale first rendered
himself conspicuous, the anatomy of the lin
aunt body was - so Imperfectly understood. es
scarcely to Merit 'that the terms of science
should be applied to the dim and , confused
ideasrelniing to it.=•VeSole was the first to
)fireak..through_the_trammelS_with,whiclOgrie.-_
ranee an I bigotry Intd crippled the march of
solstice.; surmounting with adinirable courrige
and constancy the disgust, the terror and the
peril iuseparabie from this description of the
labor to which he had detpted binisell, ho was
to be seen wtode days and „nights in theceme
tries,-eurromided by the festeringlremalua of
mortality„ or. hovering about , the gibbets, and
7I dis p n't i ut,th e ,vul tore, , for its .' prey,'• It't . Order' . ttl
. compose a perfect akeletou froni -the remains
of executed °criminals, left there by the•carrion
It wee during a sejourn itt Basle, after his
return from Italy, Milli Vesaledirst beheld- nt
the house of Hans floibien, the pAinter,, Jan
hellii Von Steenwrak, the daughter of a rum
' chant at Ilarlitont, who wait destined to exer
cise some influence
. over his future life. Ile
was scarcely twenty-eight years of age, and
already be bad attained *the . summit of well
directed 'ambition: ' • , . .
^The family of Van Stanwrak, , was la wenlthy
r • and* Idinbrable oitei'far euperiiii-to . thet-iif VC.
enle in birth and fortune; but the distinguish.
ed position_ the latter hall acquired for himself,
entitled 'him to aspire, to' an ' alliancle, - --even
more exalted. , Tho son of the Princess Mar
garet's apothecary would hitiie been rejected•
. by the rich Barium burgher, but as the 'em.
:peror's first physician was 'accepted by' him
us a -most eligible son-in-larr. The° marriage
solemnized, Vesale, accompanied, by his young.
bride, set off fur - Seville, where Charles then
befd his court. ,
, .
Though she loved her husband, there was
so much awe mingled With her affection 'as tot ..
throw an appearance of restridat over titir de
tneuuor townrds•biai, even inAtlie privity) , - of
llomestio life-, The yery.nature of Ids proles.
Lien end occupation was calculated to increase,
Ithat awe,. and even to create some ; degree of
repugnance in ri : filiritiking.initid; wkiMionotli.
•ingbut et rong nffectitinconla overcome. ,Isil l
belle's nature required skilful drawing out and
it.,,,i;iE . ;,:ili•iii. --- vet - rtii - i. - riliiro'iiui - ialic - iiiii - . -
took.ber titiiiilily for coldness,. and_resented it
accordihgly+ this led to 'esiratigement on her
part,, which be-atlrlidted to dislike, and jeal
ous.distrust at last took possession of his Bout'
'Vesale's douse became the resort of all that
Watititftde and gallant in Seyille, and' he for t ' ;
time - believed bin own - scientific' conversation
to be the etfraction. ...P.. first BM young wife
taloned. bar,usual calm 'indifference to the
admiration that followed wherever' She was
seen; bui,"iti;last something' in: her, manner
and chtintetionclt, ' whttunfer'bfirk' pertiqut sr.
pereun,oppeared, er his name ; was mentioned,
betrayed that:there did - biist a heiiig tlio had
discovered the secret for causing the bloc() to
Sow, more,tiltultuously throogit her, inins.- r,
Tidit'Pe ' was' Don Altrii'dti - S•dis:;f'n'iiti - ne'
he, as, . bandsorne, , gityiikl the'moot, .
Incunido offint. In Seville ; ;IntSpfolonii
was,
'of
.lifeeale 7 were , painfully , nreused. - :' .Ife' took'
silent note '
of t h e Unusual Ottiotiot. ag.
led lenbeilnyEthSnever:thi; tttihlSW ',P
The gettiWnicenduoi tq .toon.i Iva Wll.B ' cal.
oulay..4*l' 40 : - 0414014 `
,;licipg, ,marked by
Indifference:, his would hove inffelnd : thd:
visffliiiijutshnini r .4lll , l l ,4 l palob' wyrni.ott
irbeetiiis - VactlvTliinitietiblwerds Don ;164
Perceive 'kin; In,: on, opposite mirror; fix' dill
kindling i !py:e4Ppop,,'lsubelln.witit an expres
tdonmeiqd be.mistoken, 'while she grew , ` fi red
and tirld re ' batik 'Arid '‘ iEleil i ,knlilon'ff ii.. ~i; 4 ',
able to 7, min:Muni her agitaliOn: 'rose tind'.left,
tho l i46n! Igiforily' niidi Wlid a V:esnle. receld
.ed-atOtigillpiOnts il6te dov m----------
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, laidktfo:yo'or , I , olo'nhtf pott:Altm.;loSylitt t ..
`hod be not creaekiOallijrfipienrimeifet r 'Mex.
only - e•-iii;t fqting-- pppoitmll7l
gl9ii! ;LC4,146;144. inn;
His , iesotui. l 6rmaa : .soonnthken.;.illiitlils • os
"'&1; r.
qnd Cordovu,be
•
, .yv„ki
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ly tor - that purpape but retur . aitig the 'pante
night concealed himself ju a tentailfat belong'
lug to.hiln at Borne ,dietnnee from We abode in
Alonzar, rldah,was devoted to the double pur:
.
pone of a laboratory ni clieseoling room. :
He bed taken on person into hie confictnce
be woe alone in his own counsel. • , .•,
• At dark on •the following evgning he 30nued
- .forth,.tnoftleif to the:eyel-fniii.WciiiieYi r e:_ s inito:
118110 hood, and left a note at lion , Alvn'e
nbilation,...coniainingowl_entbr4dere(L.glosi
"I have obtained-the key 'of Veeale's.l4li-
oratory during hienbeetice; be at. the gate
atl . lloll - e after - mideiglit, and Yeti will. be admit
. ted on pronouncing tho.name et - issabella."
The riesignation.was promptly kept by Don
At ne hour peet . midnight he lefi his
house- clone ; but he ..never retnined to it.
Whither:he had-gone none could say, not
could soy trace of hini
,ever be' discovered:-
4'mill supposed he ',must Inive - tniesedhisfoot ,
tog kito: - I . he
tatuoted ; ontl.tbathis
. • -• •.l4"..l44lq : **4(aViay by the .waves into
tiltieb*tiecurrenee wile milculated • to pro
dnee'itiielt sensation. in the 'plum ,where . it
Happened i - and Vesnle, recalled three weeks
after by the illness wife found the dis
• kieiirl . inee of Don Alva the theme of ever
-tongue. • The akeseseitppeuranco_of_lsabefier
was attributed by Veoale fo.grief for the tays'-: ,
terhiusnbtence 4f-Don-Alva, and that: ponvie:
kion.took from him all pity_„ for her- suffer
•.
ntgs.-
Id chanced tote the festival of Santa Isabel
la,.and; to -- do honor 10 her patron--saint, as
well es to - celebrate the return of her hinibaud,
ht ello resti,tifirit.ii - elit
fier'self h - Y-Eiti open cliseinetil that, overlooked
the, Asir gardenti; alto waiehed for - hiS coming.
, But whilst'her eyes were vainly fixed upon
the path by whitlFiliToipeoted him to nppear
.11.)intid was laid on her shoulder, and' turning
round ehe beheld Veiialetitandlitt beside
. I liave.ordered.the supper to;pe laid in
.. .my study,'Lsaili. he ; and-takingheiliand, lie
_led her away to the room In question,.dismids
ed
.
the attendant and elesed the door. - Every ; '
thing 'word festiv . o air, yet the
. repast was
, cheerless. Pete - int/Wig - thug she bad' tasted
nothing, Vesale poured n few c tirops of elixir
inn Cup of Wage wino, arpi - Presenting:it to
her: - •
"Drink - this," be' said, "it is a sovereign
cure - for the disease you are suffering tro • ti l t.'!
',pledge me the dratiglit,", she replied filling
up a goblet front the canto flask, and banding
it to him,•' end it will bring a quieltet• healing
to tne. Let tie drink to our absent friend Art,:
tire."
Tesale nocepted-the-olicring, and they emp
•tied-their,gohleta together.
absent fribnds,'' . l eaid:he r ;'4l,
'suddenly ftXing hie eyes upon lier,t• you have
not spotten!tal toe of Don Alva de:Solis. - Are
all hopes of hearing from him -relinqdished . ?
'He WriS i braggart and:a libertine, and beast
cif - that no woithin ever resisted bin seductions,
that no husband ever stl pgioted the injurthe
vitae : preparing for hin*
hen grasping his wife by the Inied, he led
her 'iip"tti the door at the farther end of, the
room, and tin owing
. tho door wide open,
ro
v'ealed tolierview' a skeleton, suspended . with
. in, holding in one of hie bony bonds one of
lernmbroidered gloves, ;
"Behold " 'he said pointin g to the ghastly
spectacle, the gallant and beautiful Don
Alva de Solix, the object'of your guilty love,—
contemplate him well, if the sight con render
your few moments any,
.happier, for you 'fire
about to' join him in another world—the wine
I have given you - was poisoned !" '
When the last dreadful sentence; and, its
meet dreadful illustratiquf ell upon her atfright•
eil senses, she boomuu. • paralized,•with excess
of emotion, the screams which had
_risen to
. her-throilt, died there in strangling Murmurs.
and sinking back, she fell an if one dead upon
the arms of Veeale.
was not dead; however, be bad . not
poisoned her;, that crittiii litt..--Oaa:liesi toted to
continit; .yet he. : Vies none the less her ninr•
deter. pinvulsion followed couv n lslon, and.,
' in that supreme moment, the hourthat prece i
ded death, ,Iter ." hushuild,- who never. quitted
. ber, :beheld 'one of . ihetiouteua which
soloadinaeitpttend the dying./ Arratconitnifront_
a , turpid - idtnifttrinetilousateanTi tneinory
returning at .011(10, uli4":iiiili . 'thcm a
- ant and
courage slio - hati Beier poisessed r itttim ' flesh
of life;
"Andre," saidthe - dying women, fixing her
eyes ()tiller bssh . and, 1 ant - dying by your
batid, yet Vatp innocent,; .1 never wronged
you by thought•or by deed;
. 1/on:Alva pursued I
wu with his 7 - loVe and threats, !ant 1 repul ! ied
never lo'vial,but.:you., I-feared-and liorO..
ored'you as, as 1, loved,"hpt 1' dared 'poi
tell yuu.Af' his rireiiii. i r , Oti fie;
i betleve
my,
,wOrds, t iolfaftiotioo4.
81i0O1 . 1 11440, I.guilexr
Veitale, sinking up,ett-;_bia knees, solemnly
protentea,hie faith y in,-tho,tupecenee, of Ids
wife., arid wiih._phoklng;sobp,injured. her. to
6 . 1 .4 ,* , fgogai 4 0, 1 giXe !her" , poieuiv
that yo !m,,perse his hOnd to take,ben
but . .thet...terror,Pf death, -not:death itehir
thjift'fin:ytiVefnitstii,fl.47
"'
"
"'t al'hoOkti be co hoiven for thie "iand•drimr,
ieg .4141 her, laid . it- upon'
.h6art matt the did, it •'*"
• t•.•th;;ii - • •
I'll bet r A:slieqi,"itilEr - old Itle!di:tfi f to — life
l ':, olbei_llicilt7 l ,ll'ne oat 1i . d.,4"0#:t? l'i! going ?iiZ:l", ,
Wt. hil ii 'g - tirilifirig a the plow ; rii'.d'il6i tilt
k
nikrk it iiiirllati,,.iiii;i: iilligg tinning i t
;Sliti
ttible; aiiillii kliFiunlitili: It I,liF F if 7 1 4'51 . x0,r j f
l': k0 . 13445;'. , 11 P,nk.:',10 , n1,4 YPIA 'know ,h 0.14,4
lose letter ‘hi. poruin g iVt r,:.. ~t • , :r 1.,1
7 , • Auar.ri`estir,,,',,,Y . P#..it'O , . 4 41 2 0 1 .4 DV
wbutlyou'vai, , but.'by;mbni d not
h . %qua , iuteud, but by whiff you orti•L':4lilk
In' yourself are ono oonstaiirleisbn; which many ,
, 4
4,
Tik '
y ifdre`lhari COW *you 'not. • . ,
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'QA:II,LISLE, , ..PA:; , •IY:EDNX . S.PAL.34RCI - 1 4,
..18.57,
•4Pritling
r • -Froia Putnam'd
THE FALL , OF THZ-Al,4ldot:
Ou the-23didtkrof February, 18 . 86, Oeneiel
ept!tred peri.-At*ritio de .
'and took peatiestriori . of;tha".teetu..ridthout Neg .
Aa • he, adiatried, ,t a. the 'Alamo, the
;rirritioa of autaritadred arid thirty men,
gun.
small as
rruntitetliti.tiotintitind!nOVAllianxlkteretTritsisi:
retired . nn "the OlipnittiiAlilit cf 'the river;.a,
there to orer,Auoltitisititatice to the
progress - bf rthe'eyranclits-thcjekttergies- and
resourema should permit, o direct ntipitilto
the Gud of hatilits: positbd, with tlit,Gnitquent,
so easily effected . ;; t;f,tlie.town4. the Mexican
commander prepared far an, itnmediate attack
on thb Alamo, l 7lln'otiernd bretietWorkti to be
thrown :ut.t. ,resrylicunmstiditig . point; etyt.
artillery to:bin:planted! wheriver it .could. be
, moit eifeCti -:Ono battery woe compieted_
On the right 'bank Of ilia riser by the '2sth, and
Without" waiting- etl4Ore tie siege was tit'
once ooninieuced.'. : • . •
It Itt:11 dirk and gloMityi'mornirig,'deicited
ton dark 'nod unholy 'Otiose.' Exulting in
the work of death upon which .be is entering,
Santa Anna (trusses the river in person and
establishes his head cfutittftsiti a t3lpllll stone
nee oraiely:perceiVe — ;tlM - fprOgisiiiiiif
hid designs, 10fittl.OU exeoi3!iig' himself to his
ettemies.,.'rlio signal is given, and, before the,
sett hosts,ithe
roar of ..tl ts itexican kattery awakens: the
echoes far and 'wide, - --itind rouses from ;their'
slumbers . the yei unconeotous
a single Moment, lout sight - of the movements
of their wily and implecal,do foes ;:they watch
the studied direetien of erdry'guni thei,tiee
tho - tnotbh lighted; they. listett.bresthlese r as
if, eveu at that (lista:toe, they _could benr , tbe
command ty,fire; And when. the walls of the
•citadel tremble 'underSitoolCortli'ldree
111111,, nod the froguteete _of,ftio_parapet, are
i;jiiriednloft by tkcieudileu impulse, they send
bapitin shout of defintiee. ntiuglod . Whil'a
dl -
ohorge•fi•nnt'tlieir awe - pins, tug distintitire, it
not . ne iletifotiitig,'ite 'the ihunder'of theit.es•
enilants."
Before thesmolierrollttasiny and the rover•
berationa ore„lost in the. animate, while the
- tiltiliti of • the litiainia'stilliihger firifie riiii
or the besiegers,-the--iiiintionWils is . .:,reatiMia,
and . for seven hours ; without paustrondilasa
Lion, fiorcery, continued. tip'onithe , walfs'ilf• the
.Alamo. But .t . rtese walla:yield ilcimo're titina'
the • spirits oh their defendisi ,The
. firp its .
,steadily returoed; and, t ugh . c .Bp:ma are
!shivered around theta-tlier w-eairt) l 9• l 7 ,l2 t
.wod willing - he tad . !Way . tare itir:viv,Wi . y . b r ictieb .
And to restore frog the,ipierior whittle:qr.-p6n
hire been destroyed . froM.With ol 4.“'Alith•ls
ihrowit up ; every crack or fissure is!olottsluts
fast as created by, eager eiforts• of thos'olllrho'
will permit titi evidence-of success to cheer
the hopes of lair: bluitiddif. , 'flnicatin,./(3 al.
most sunk' behind, the vreitteru .. plitios, when
there is a'notise in the work• of demolition.—
.The firing.:cf !the:besiegers ceatiesforihe day.
with the Mexican thirst' for blood dusatiat'ed:
Not a single drop heti beeti•'slied Within the
Alamo... Irony of Banta Anna'.4 own miti . 4,,i ..
biv the dust
,before the artillerists •anitr#l4,'
meti_of_thoJort: hut OAS fail. thoY. ttrh 'Unti l
yenged. DarknesS• fallill upon ihe' besiegere .
and the besieged. - 'The 'former rniee, nw s en:.'
trenCipenterto•proseonte 14e - utisault rthrilitt
ter establish•a closewinteh Ter the night; and .
entleavOr to seek tbit'repose Whish Omit re
new' their vigor fur the contest, which they
know—" sorrow. • '
•Tlu the'lalth dawns end re
-etude Intof the fort the'ellect of
the i I or their enemies, in the
itstabli, .. additional batterlee with
in the Alameda of ~t he Alamo. - The bayonets',
of theinfantry, which havc crossed the river
during the night, glittering in the morning
beams, and the phimes of - the.cavalry aro seen:
waving on the eastern hills to, intercept the
expected' aid from' that quarter." The contest
is ,reneteed by a.. Slight - skirmish between it
small party of Texans, sent in quest of Wood
owifi l ie)fir r'offd a Mexican detablimeet-tinder •
.General Besmit'i hut Oda Is a mere:overture to .
-Travis shows himself on the walltt, cheering
the grand SperfOriii.tucti of the day.,.'Thli Akan.' his cool, , undaunted fellowers. : —Around_Adin.
tion.of-ColonetAmpuditi,-ttra-stion-retisedi
--a er,B - 9;flpirfr6 ti - Tiediltilice .untreinhililireintroECreekettiy:BlliiiiiriirilLtlerhum,-roustii -to
oli i.: :the !act struPgle,:for-th4 know their doom 16
~ .tlischarged, sendingt.hundrede be'tlieirlUnetio-•
solicit p volley after 'ettlieji. Is 'iiiiiivid'inici, tits of'alati.,_:ln - quicirsuccession , ritle alliifi'iiilie iti
I
fort; and,unswet'et,i,,t;nl:Y.Flß.i . .. at,Kar. l 2 inter;.
valc,:hy' tile sbouticf those within.' • Tivitre IS ecTut.... Yin! Mexican!, Om egaiti . rePuliied i
no pause,eno cessation. 'Still tin; 'eantionntle they . ,fallTback- dismayed and: • dishetirtened by
goesmkt : shells fly hiSsing through theinir anti the dead and dying around them, The battal.
ion of Toluca, the dower of Santa Anne's ar '
L tlie balls bury thenisteewithin the raehparts;
but night ,again _comes -oe, and the Mexicanl.-SY, is reduced from four-hundred to twenty
general in vain:it:mks fOr evidVuce"of siocesi. three. ,Men have become for-a moment re-
Baffled, but not dfstiouritlieid,Leatieanees hie ghrdless,of their officers;-and are .almost de
litie-?t ei l ,4?l'i?hti'i?rite,, ttud,•prejiares,wiih,:the : 114 . 1 SP s f r ST t!le cries of anguish of their fallen:
resume hiebloody task.,,The apdcspirin,g c • ouiratles..yiehlibg to...the4influi
..
morning light to,
north wintbeweepeover'the"prairiee,.aiit'Onli,,eoce which no discipline can restruhOtnil ' ntY
steeeps in 'Texae„ 'it';'ittlirMY ; lullaby ', C:: the , efforts repress, , Iltit•the breach now' appears.
siorni'pessiOns':CfßicSit,etntrndigig,.hoeta..„ practicable; the disj., , inteti,forces, by the aid
Theldarkness..is broke only' by the feeble blnie of threats and,entrentles„ ate rallied, 'and,onus
of it few , "blits, , fired" by'' the' Te l ans,'Whicii 'llO . mef,titi
return tii theassatillt,, The fire from' tCe
ftirnished a cover t4i the eneuiy., The'flaines 'ilSrS,,i',4l',!ii!,...S'nf'Stti,r!l? b een grS!'sgslP'Y
Curl upward , evltb,‘tls,l i 4 . lj, glo,r.q; zoncit:their fit. er ,aiaci 'ilhievle... i ..:4lfieit „ ` have ' dropped „front
, ,,
_.
~,t, ct ~,a, uy, tg_ or 4:women • f.fu, flashee efr IP 110 4 I 104 • 't• mei). ii :vigo rous, "iiliti. no .SRld -in 'ci9n.tlb
upon the,siutalierivig,,tirtruy and exp - ire.::' The r bile ofhere cling to their weapons, even
.in
reign
,of,, darkness : laud et silence is now re Abe agonies of disolutien., , Atunituappn„, ton
- siiire i d,„,, , . 1 „ ~,.., In ,._ , ~
..„-, -111014eirKfaqiiig..;,o110*Lcineikelplazzle"„
The . next the .dny Ttfe,eictucti appear, inective, Ar6if-iitiO'i**ti ilielast'rlihi is loadMi and,cils'-
thoui,it 'etratiged Lim t liti .cqnsir in LI oii, rf • addi. °harked - I.6e' Melia:l6g ialli'ti4' Witli. 'Fear-,
- it'''‘ atrial iCeitiCtit'T 1
tinnit,l,,liatteriee.,',TheretisLinit'fittle Arnleiitf mit ionotiiii - out lift a , . ra
,
int,her,sidti:• - •Truets- vinif - ITitt*ii;:;T c ithieiiirliti: els rectifiiiralabee;''ettikiere; end' falls,,,
,46.
° liiiiiifiiiiiia,i'vate - ic'eliftiewea Chiiirb 'ill)tia•siietAiltliiiiiitil--"k-Mitiiirtit'Officiiernehesi
no Alutuctctii,,, ale,applying Abair; contracted' .upOn him 'add is about,to . plunge his sabreinto
resources to 'Os purposescf'defernic , 'NUltilirt the bosom of the fallen Elan; when•pittlieehtg
falterki;'neTllitle', ll4o b B 'i'i,liti atitiit6,4.o');4 : , bisireretiiiiiiik'enell'ilee'reit-a desPiride effort,
er 1 iiii' ItitnifiiiOnks7fifedilitftlktflittateces-,: :hit
.bittluitt the iiitird Iti'ailifelt lie. itill'Oiiiii:
itity:44144,7, iiilii.4;fituifidincts; and.,detenni: its the bide!, Ofthis: enemy' aird'llie't dii roge,iii;
nation, and 'in °Tay breast - 641'6'0 fiktirliiiit - :" ir- --••,-", •'•',••.a , •.: :I' •.o'!t• ; "to 1,,,,, t ~, ,•
• neft,scringlng-frefa,3 'Le '- • ' •', -: ,- , ''•" s " '•'..,' "a'it':.,',OtiLudiflfek...ii.se.e.i4Oomatt
f ood the certaintrbf , lts'lltfiterThf4l4 s4 •••• ' ha di - ifiiiii6diiiiill'hiitiiaCti 'regiii ii . oi ' a"4 d
, • kidtidtly t Inlitiliti„itilit pri iis tee mist to timett, Ottok! '• The Iticilettniv have -- _pctived,,. ibte.the
' whom .1310 ti has
.creatett ,Ifl•yii9rnAlltaißlidtlid eitadirl'illikiiiniiiit'Cti.v4WN, firiet;iifi4their
velo,Aß,3l44nlitUil.erwl4iWoomfnandsi•ar&elyttill prey: Each inan struggles'4l&" - his adversary
yielding to . their erring and niiiiiiifoiredi4' ,f it h the energy of despifif - dealing the death-.
5 . 1 1."11:1' Pre-64tii,*11"4..511°.',°0Ttf,;'.`Vii'ilAirc, '.Ol - 0.14 41tirgilfs: - Pq(Oiti:l.r'illidtiivaniii,l44
,filo,; T i tifiii),( s 4,p4,: i tp -74 1p9„:7.?,k1pi . ocAp:ii,Aii.;, . wog bitetithin , Vetich/ , ttgo"Totitileirie'trAieVi;
,tnigh,ty,an4 diiitiuguished;,by Itirsa.eiliblerit"ol btfrietibtlnitailitlitift'ainbete l uflthiqokiOngifte,
} suffering cond -cf , l'ealvatititi Wliiittr sJi t tiAirlltri, '4*l4goCarnagtilintritill'en .turgrdatiblii the Ada'
the'deine4Alettifirtheklifi'llfieg:tuak4ll " r49'
,iitliffillflidipii l'• iwilh'siikidi ellati l kiii 9
' th` , ti t. buff ti,glttiis: tiri'4ektiimiiiimii4iitir . ' -11I+ iiir iiie fuc,4lyiteitlipto leaf gi61 . 44!"
•
=I
, ~.... _igL
, anguinary foe ;; ;but; that toe, toikee . mvheett of
Sabbaths. Exclusive followore, : tie they pro 7
clutch 'ittienieelvee,of the true -church,tbey
doom to tiesiruotion the very teniple they lteve
erected for itti viorehip and, kissing the crops
suripcndedfrani;tbe necks - eqd - plintedbit'ore
every camp, they point their guns' upon the
symbol for which. they profeis such unbininded
reverence. The -fire. of the .Mexioan-artillery
keeps company withthe Mioute t t,as they roll
on.llletniit midde ;nosed'
yvt - thermisma - fulte - rilig aatong thuds trho are
TexaCi liberty.
Another son rises and Sets; and yet another f-,
still the - indomitable - hearts - of - Triivitrnifd bin
'eortipsnionS tineil — noi before the untiring ef
forts of theirttnemy. In spite of thitt .enemy's'
vindictive the little gairison receives
from Gotiztiles a reinforcement of thirty. three'
Men---Additional .victims for the fiktiOril pyre
coon to be, kindled by Santo Aboa;49 , the
rounding:hilla. no n-limiinn heatitemb to,Mexi
nen vengeance..-- , , , ,' • • -
New 'batteries are erected by the besiegers.
Prom : every point around the missiles of -de
struction coneentruto upon the . Alamo. The
final hour must noon-come, Provisions are not
yet ex.ltested,,but the ammunition cannot last
"ninny days lOnger. Water ;lid long been'
supplied solely hy 'the daring efforts pf
Mexican yrentan, who, through. ehowere s et,
- grape - nullinishetiy,Thas threaded tbe way. to
aid' fro between the - river• mid, the 'citadel;
,while bar own liked has. marked the
41te-tronrs within her the stern and lofty: spirit
bf her illustrioutcanoestors, etreeched-upoo--the
nicks of Ctirt'ei,, and it is not the fear of tor-,
-Cure 'or death that can swerve her from her
purpose. • ' , ,
=TT lie - siegeThirs - noTiti tined -- 11W - leif=ditye: - Th'ii
jmexican-general-has-vebriied- large-reinforc •
meats, and his army. now numbers ihousanda..
'Ho has been uncenning-in his efforts to butter
down the walls.''but lies thus far fatted, The
triumph is with-Travis; buvis written in the
heart of his ruthless foe that he mnst die,and
whin the oinnoende in suspended on' the Oh
of:Min:ch. a small broneli boa been effected,'
and gents Anna has determined, .without
summer's to' surrender, that the- hour for the
asilinit bad arrived.; During ten_ days a blood
red flag 411s.beep streaming from-Jfinepire of
the church 'in,pati:Antoeio,.pietilaiming. that
no twirler is to be given to .the,Cherapiona, of
the Alaino,tisit blood alone will appease the
'vengeance andfury of Mexican malice. Whey'
the" sin again goes down the flogia no longer t
- aeen; for - the deed; of - which It wee the - sign;
has been neepniplished. _ .
It is inidnight.,;_atars are amiling in the fir..
inament, and the repose of Poradies atoms
hovering' over 'thy .00
pliiiaa 'elieiVe),e the. Alamo. The echo
is SO-deep and eolMnn that the angel of. death
il'eeins''fo
: priest). before thestrife and carnage
which a i rs to follow. A Few murmur vises upon
thenir, which•gradually becomes
. more. and
more distinct . Lights glancingrmyatvri
ouely In the'dietance, and indionte'souve unu
sual' 'movement. The besieging army is in
motion: "
There is.,'no alliance by. columns. The
force of the Me;Mans is so great that the fort
ren - y be completely surrounded, leaving, inter•
vle onlYTor the fire'of artillery. The„ -place
As girdled by a' deep line of infantry, and they
lire hemmed in and the i ompassed by another tf
cavalry. 'lf the' first filter 'or - shrink, they
must be thrust 'for'ivird to tho assault by the
sabres and Intices of their comfades. Sudden•
-'6l ad -
ly tl tries nro in a braze, and, front their
_
concentric poitiontt, Tour forth radji o f fire
froiMthe Of Santa Allllll'B vUngeabce7
verging toil single pente'r. 'AMid the thunders
thus' orented,•their'own shouts* baldly less ta'r
rible, nnd - the martial blast of n hundred bu
glob the Mexicans advance to the. Alamo. A
sheit-crilarke from the rifivti that netterfailed,
is, the camel to the charge,' The infantryie
! (toil and fall backupon the cavalry, their ranks
broken and disordered by deadly - fire of
the begeiged. The shunts from the . fort are
mingled with the groans of the wounded and
dying on the plain; their - scattoted masses.
They return to .the attack , , but the leaden
shower which they again encounter felle-them
In the earth by platoons. .
• Crockett has ieeu conspicuous, in the • me re
_Wherever 'the blows fell hottest and fastest':
He.has forced his fray over - piles of the dead
bodies of his enemies,. and' has reached the
• 'doer of the chipel.! - - •ffere• be determines-to
make his last stand. At one s glence-- of ; his
eye he sees that 'the fate of tile Alamo rests
'himselfalope, 'and thakfateisathing 'eau .
Travis bee fallen ; Evans is.no more; pow
le expires upitn_h_tted_nf_sicknesis,,filerced—t
L 'ilin'herirt = by - li'filexioniftatiorretTlintif
directly' before him; and he finds - "hi`
only living warrior of the.-one, huaraenitd
sixty-threa'who had beeriliii - earatiinions. Per.
haps at that moment the lifeblood creeps - to
his heart by a natural-impulse; but it is only
a moment. The desperation of his 'position
• • sends it !nick with the:force of an, avalanche.
Hie foepglare on . hint With the fierceness , of
demons, anti aesault him.7,lth blows from mutt.
- --kete,--lanoeb, rind sahree.''.Tliii strength - of - e'
'hundred men seems concentrated inluiseingie
arm, as he deals out death to his pitiless and
Their bodies have
grairn in a rampart. before Jilin: .Bialikened
with fife and smoke, .besmeared with biood,
and. roused into`phienzy, he stands like. some.
tabled god of antiquity. laughing to scorn the
malice and the power and the fury of his 'line
__lmies.-,—Hew-fire-Itashes from. pie eye and .new
vigor nerves his arm. ."On his assailants rush,
but it is uri'on death, certain and immediate.
• They fittl.but their' places are still duptilierl;
and eo quiiSkly the dead seem to riseup before
armed men from - the teeth of Cadmus.
Al length a.ball, from an:unseen,rille, pierces'
him in the ferehead;,•lie - falls , backward to the
earth in the atrearrip . ,-of gore whicl curdle
'cry-of-agony:gratifies - theltripliia - iitiliTranT
his enemies. ' dies, and the AlamtVhas fal
leal. • • •
311I5rrilanrouo. -
The Naeletram.
Is TtoSSS 'arlllAS4Taoni question
has again been raised:by a' dorrespendent :of
EicientifiaAnieeithia. —.Every ecbool hby of
the last century hes been .taught te — believo
;that-there le a wcinderftillitirtiko the coital
of Norwai, with asni,jles in . 41-
apeter; and that 814E1, 'and eViifidge whalev .
were sometimes.. dragged within-4- terible
coils, and buried forever. "in unarms awful
depths." The correspondent of the Scientific
.itmericaa-aays: -
" I have beeninfortned. by a. EuronoL
continence ,that the Maelstroin, that :great
whirlpool on the'boatt of Norway, Mid down
in all geographies, and of which we haie
heitrdeuch wonderful' stories, has no e x ist•
jlle, tyltilac..,that a nautical and scion--
Clic commtvelon, composed of several gentle
men appointed by the Kiag_or 1./Mimetic', was
sent to siroach as near Ml:possible to the
edge idtatic ttpipoolooll aroundi it, titecteh . e'e
Its circumference, obserio'its ictloa and mate
a report. They went out, and sailed dll
around and al:kayo:Where the Maelstrom' Woe
said to be, but could not find it ; nee Van
as smooth where the whirlpool ought to be
'as any otlaer;part 'of the German ocean-7'
IVe preeutine the ahevo is Correct.
birgast geographies and gazetteell harely.
allude to the macfstroui. Colton in hie
_large
atitol,l
_glyee the site upon his map; but does:
not allitde to it in his description of. Norway.
4f-taper's Gazetteer in its article on Norway
says that •eamoiii the numerous islands on
the west coast there are' violen't and irregular.
curreuts,.wbich reader the CoastOnavigatinn
dangerous. Amobg these is the Celebrated
Nelairom - or. Meskenass Strom, the, datigendeom
which has deep greatly exaggerated, since i t
.can; at nearly' all tithes, be passed over even
by boats." The romlince,, of . the maelstrom
line been pretty effectually destroyed.
,
EXECUTION or VERCEIL-A 'few. reeks
the assassination of theArohbiellop
of Peas, by a,depusSdlriest named Verger.—
Verget • has since been tried, condemned and
executed.. The late rows from Enropo'makee,
the following statement olthejnnle : •
min tion-of-Verger-for-the: tnurd er of
.._the..4irchbishop .of_latis,Axcite_d_.;the.V.r.ench,
- mammon* at: the. closa.of, the last rook, tind'_
the scquunie,of his lest -Lammas. were 'hind.
with sonSiderabler interest; on this.
=
amounting to . bombast"and even ; •bravado,
.which be displayed Onliis , trial, the approach
of death quite' unnerved' him, and the mitt
who destroyed another" fellowm.realure under
the oirouttOttituees of such pramedittited faro
city, exhibited the most craven cowardice when
hie own life was about to be eacrioed. Tire
'lAtmuis'state that shortly before the exect4
fish' he threw hiSuseftuu the pallet iu hie cell
clung to it 'vtitli'head,'Mihdtiaild feet, and re.
Mated
. all: ' " You may
murder me iti.thte oell,l':he Om:Mimed, ••• but'
frueticl. length tliu jailors!
had to be oallod in, autl they tvere,obiaged;ts,
poi on •Ide Mollies with . main force. But be., ,
fore flie'exklitiori'hci rOotiFTd 4
the religious coutsulatioUS of ihe Abbe lingo.,
took the crucifix iittlehitucl,,kitisellthe,ituage
executioher.33 311!4e-leet• ;atietie' thee tereike
- 3 . .. but. graphjetil . ly ; &describe 3 41w:wee their Us'.
telteCtothelhmh,., awl hir udelf, pleelidtituder
the thltruniitut etdeith .3 the given. eigoeli
--it feu, tlanlttuglh the eold,light,ef, the Mont
wee ever.".
Ir. 11111;
justice, and geoduese from parents
to obiliren Y Facto niipeay.
facts iu (be '
afl'irmative. ; n, England , it ,bsa
a Imo
criminal -
esVpttrerats ; ;004 ;ofrptraiitamhe : rierc'. pro Bi 4
gate,, put qii• eulj eon atpartint
1 :” it . ere,llo?o,l 14. 4,4udalt.rifajuit.)2; l l o , rule
9 1 .4,
iir r "r)r v ienOriail,iirilp kin! -.neon bor!!.,oLkiipye,t
c,t pa.
"ieuts•aud tibia:trod • are dearly -anamoli alike
ce.l o a b,i r .re o t urooi :2 t
I Aiql.
Effl
medrLfres
Tun PBALMEI OP DAVID —Amongst an oomr
positions, these alone deserve the name of
sacred lyrics. These atone contain 4 poi3try
that meets the 'spiritual:inters fn all ihimOode
and 'ail its wants, whia strengthens virtue
with glorieus exhortations, gives angelic, elo
'titmice to prnyer, and Jlt 1:n44,08es tolhe net 7
Itpli's joy in praise. In distress aid in , penb.
tense, they groan with thea:oo of the troul
•
tr.gentle _ muaia_for. the .
peace of faith ;in adorntioic'they'iStretid-to
the glory of creation, and the mejeity,if
Foiassombliei_or, for -.solitnde, fOrt-itit/ that
gladens and all that:grime. AfUr ourheatiliesi
and despair, ter s oir remorse and ens xedeitiP'Z'
tion, we fad - In those dlviini hainionies the - s
loud or low expression.. Great his been their ,
power in, thewerld. . They resounded amidst
the 'courts of the, tabernacle ; they floated •
through the lofty and selemn ewes of the
temple: They were sung with glory in the.
halls of Zion;,, they yrerb eunewith sorrow by
thnstreame of Babel.. And whenlartitil had
paged away, liv - e . harp of David was still awali
esied in:the 'Ohara of Gh - rist.' to iqzthe eras' .
and ages of . that church, from '
tlie hymn which
first was whisPeredin an upper chamber; un- • '
iil its entheins filled the earth, the inspiration --
.o o le_royatprophot-has-enraPtured-ite'-devOrt•
'ticin,:nod-eni;olited •
rAnd chits been,:not.alone the eui.
gust cathedral or tbit rustic, \ chapel.' thernlfed
by theLytittde_of Beaven„. they hnie swelled ' .
through God's own - ,tempilb sky -and. •
siffie/thpY hsv.• rolled over the Woad _deflect •
ofAsja,. in. the matins and 4eepere of ten'thow. " '
sand .hermits, , They. have run through the .
deep_Talleys,orthe r Alps, iti• the sobbing-voices' •
if_the_forloio . Nit,eldonsei r tbiough : the-ateeps—,--.7,--
and enves:of Scottish highlands, In the' retie:
ehentingoorthe Scottish: eovenanterti through---- .
the woods rind wildit of :Primitive America in -
the lidroie hyllelejahe of the early pilgrims. „ •
A VoLattwo.—lt isAmid that thestateratin . •
in reference to a volcano having 'recently: '
made Berappeartince in Pendleton county,-Vt.
on the great Backbone mountain, is• .
- The Cumberland Telegraph tiaya . • -
It la a point on the Nountain
.tweea.the heedu=of the , dry fork of Cheat ailis
the south , breech of the 'Potomac a'
place kno.tVn by the name of -the,' "Sinks,". so;
called. from - the"dePreased_oenditioa....of_the...
'Mountain: at:that poirtt, ;Theft.) Sinks are
funnel!ahaped, andaaeb one embraces aimuch •
aP nu ihre'of ground.•On the Ist day . of
erg the reportatuMied by the burating tirth
the aubterrithenn fire were heard for a distadoo"
of..tarentv nr
fielee,lindimieke)ealed. from the orifices;
reti.hot v•• - .vere throv;”
...lot atones were thrown upinitioTitii.ll )
oral hundred 'feet 1"1:13 . 610' the,month.cf thetirt
ter.' Our informant 'adds that the °people 1n . .,
the vicinity are lireconiing tilarmetFist the perti
nacity with which' tie flumes tin; kept up end
thared kot, masses of rooks are thrown oui. , —
Aheavy, rumbling noise, like.distnnt thundo4
is voutinually reverberating through the deep — ,
caverns of the mountain, which at times seems:,
to tremble from summit to base. , .
ATTP4,4 I , rro ;Yous Stairr.—Sir David' Brew
ate); in ;thc,#:orth &itiah Review,•eaye that no . . -
opinion ia 'more common, and certainly none is • .
more incorrect, than that it is prudent to avoid ;
the ase - tetirtifiCial Lelp to iheleYes so long as
they' are not itheefutely inclivea'sable.
human .eye is teo'delicate a structure' to heaar .
centitluedSetrain-withoutinjuryl and the-tree--
ruleis commence the use of glasses as aeon
as we can see, bettor with them than withotit. 7 ;
them, and always emplOy s such ns .will render ,
vision
moat comfortable and' pleasant. • Tho
, .
spectaeles habitUally, used for ordinary - Run.
poses may no6 , be Itilequati to sertain'occa- '
aional 'dementia, , such as reading
,very Ilse•
Print; eiaminifig Ste To meet dies& " 7
cases a baed;reading glass, two and a half in-;
des' in i'dionietei.,te&be used in conjunction .
with tliesir'failaa and never without thorn, ,
is strongly recotiMpinded.. A similar use
the readiuglgistieisalareoonlmended • to •,
sighted prisoas,in cgoijunetien •with the eon-
&aye, speeincles, when examining minute oh= •
jests. •• , ,
DIAMONDS or NO AOcovNT:—Two French
chemists have* sucoeeded in an experiment of •
- mannfautdrinvtliamonds•liy -- eohemienl . pieJ" --
esse t, afiq - , - have -° suhniktted:speeimens.[lo - ,.thel .1
Freuoh Academy. if. Beienee. • Theser . oryatela,..,
possess n brilltanoyand*: - refraet.ive TOTter f , : ;, r .
whiah'.ridthicig eqnats, tint ithe real diamond s ;.
and they even ihS:t: in hardeese. - The " i •
distiOvory may coon put lle poisessiop of it' ?4.
fictitious. diamond -that the most eiperforioed ,
eye.,e,lll ;he nnahle,te .deteot
_ltem_ the genuina.
• Au' Iritihman; whb was eying hititeitinteay '
in the Bosion Municipal Court lately,'
vtilsed the bar tickeled the jury, and iaised• •
a smile , on the beach by the following qtati-.
went; •Ye eee ana,N3 .plaza yees, that. the
-man got a strokeand fell dowu.
~Eserybody ,
ialfed , Ow,' We r
Thitc I:I stape , tip,' and I hollitid 'to 'Ate;
orowd, man'slf thman'svhy don't yit's Read '
bach,tuiT: l glre httnalittle ni; ,
Vitim4..Eictioli." . ll6* old:are you
• Brid
get t'f•aeid B.geutliniau to •
et
About Bay, 'air 'i-replieiF
are wietnken Bridget;: you bre io'reektweti- , 1 •
; i!i it. I'm . al out twent7 „t
'" f 'PpYP L I?P e r 4 F r° • 14° N; , , t h9 r 9i7i tglieo:•l7
eeert
FiT f.
fn §Outkeoroliuo::: 4, holy olil
said migeutlitnaii to hitti, , title
fpelet ; beriyA.l4l;:apeo ' lll3
hundied.' . :
Sfars"j', PPriraik: talten.','rettyLai ,
;young , - I° °!' -frnuilt4e;-9°9PYY;,C,9,I'. OugValff39-Iturt
'-`?" ' l l'1 4
tiz0:1" , 1 1 '00, 6 00
Flin!wit ay zeordiwnd:qwan
your Een(Vreo,". •
! It% ".
Nftn erAOrtitdailaigiii i( i " 1-1 • . '"7 1 :
a •i r , Jot bring It book," onbd the artipi,
ipgi,!! . , sad I will puncb. ti.cew bole
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