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THE GARLAND.
—•'With sweetest flowersenrichNl,
From varioumgardegiocull'd with care."
FORGET ME JVOT.
EMILY JACKSON.
Forget mo net when eve's lone star is beaming
With transient splendor from the deep blue sky;
Forget me not when thy young heartis dreaming
Of fiends so loved by thee in days g. , no by;
But when too light of festive glee is round thee
And thou irt glad, tho' transient it may be,
When a deep spell of rapturous mirth has bound
I would not thou should's!. ever think of me
Forget me not when day's last beami hilve.parted
From atteam and flower, and thy young howl is
lone;
Forget me not when hitter tears have started
From thy worm heart of joys fOreVer flown;
But when the spell of lightsome joy is o'er thee;
And thou nrt blessed with thy loved friends to be;
When the rude world looks witchingly before thee,
I would not thou should's' ever think of me.
Forget mo not when by the world forsaken,
You wander forth a thing of scorn and hate,
Forget me not when grievous words awaken
Thy heart to know 'tis lone and desolate;
But when the voice of fame is o'er thee stealing
Should its dull praises aver light on thee
When thou art blest with every joyous feeling,
I would not thou should'st ever think of me.
Think of me not when thou art in thy gladness,
I would not diatom, thought should e'er be mine.
When thou art freed from the dark spell of sadness
And joy's unsullied wreath is wholly thine;
But when rude autumn winds the flowers have
scattered ;
And thou art out upon affliction's 858;
When thy frail bark by the bleak winds is shat
tered,
Friend of my darkest dap remember me
attaoaw:awATabzwo
INFLUENCE OF A WIFE.
"Why 'do you keep me for to long a time
at the door " said Edward F passion
ately to his wife. The night had passed,
but its cold wind had entered the house, as
Mrs. P. with sorrowful heart undid the lock.
"It is late, Edward, and I could not keep
from slumbering."
He said nothing in return to thib, but flung
himself in a chair, and gazed intently on the
fire. His son climbed upon his knee, and
putting his arm around his lather's neck,
whispered. "Pupa, what has mamma been
crying for?" F— started and shook
off his boy; and said with violence, ''get to
bed, air; what business has your mother to
let you be up at thi - 4 late hour?" The poor
child's lower lip pouted, but ho wag at the
time too much frightened to cry. His sis
ter silently took him up, and when he reach
ed his cot his warm heart discharged itself
of its noisy grief. The mother hoard him
crying, and went to him—but Soon returned
to the parlor. She leaned upon her bus
band and thus addressed him•.
"Edward, I will not upbraid you nn ac•
count of your harshness to me, but I implore
you not to act in this manner before sour
children. You are not, Edward, what you
used to he! Those heavy oyes are full of
wretchedness as well as bad hours. You
wrong me, you wrong yourself, thus to let
my hand show that I am your wile, but at
the same time, let your heart know single
ness ►n matters of moment. lam aware of
the kind of sociely in which you have lately
indulged. 'Foil me, Edward—for Heaven's
sake tell toe!—we are ruined; is it not so?"
Edward had not a word to say to his wile;
but a man's tears are more awful than his
words.
"Well, be it so, Edwardl—our children
may suffer from our fall, but it will redouble
my exertions for thorn. And as for myself,
you do not know me, if you think that cir
cumstances can lessen my feelings for them.
A woman's love is like the plant which shows
its strength the more it is trodden on.—
Arouse yourself, my husband; it is true your
father has cast you off and you are indebt
ed to him in a serious sum; but he is not all
the world—ugly consider your wife in that
light."
A alight tap was new heard at the door,
and Mrs. went to ascertain the cause.
She returned to her husband. "Pilirry is at
the door, she says you always kissed her be
fore she went to bud."
"My child, my child, said the father,God
bless you; I am cot very well, Mary. Nay,
do riot speak to me to-night. Go to Ivo
now; give me one of your pretty smiles ii
the morning, and your father will be happ y
again."
Mr. F— was persuaded by his riffec
tionate partner to retire; but sleep and rest
were not for him--his wife and children had
once given him happy dreams; but now the
ruin he had brought upon them, was an awa
kening reality. When the light of the morn
ing faintly appeared above the lino of the
opposite houses, Mr. F arose.
"Where are you going, Edward?" said
his watchful Wife.
"I have been considering," he replied
calmly; "and I am determined to try my
father. , Ile loved mo when I was a boy—
he was proud of me. It is true I have ac
ted dishonorably by him, and should, no
doubt, have ruined him. Yesterday I spoke
harshly of him, but I did not then know my
self. Your deep affPction my dear wife has
comple.ely altered me. I will make up fur
it-1 will—indeed I will. Nay don't grieve
me in this way—this is worse to mo than
all. I will be back soon."
The children appeared in the breakfast
room. Mary was ready with her smile and
the boy was anxious for the notice of his
father. In a short time Mr. F— re
turned.
"We roust sink, my love! He will not as ,
silt me. tie upbraided me,--.1 did not, I
could not answer him a word. He spoke
kindly of you and our little ones, but he cast
us off forever!"
The distressed man had scarcely said
this, when a person rudely came in. The
purport of his visit was soon perceived. In
the name of F---'s lather he took posses
sion of the property, and had the power to
make F— prisoner.
"You shall not take papa away," said the
little son, at the same time kicking at the
officer.
"Mamma," whispered Mary, must my
father go to prison? Won't they let us go
too?"
"Here comes my auti Ja „ said the
•
deputy sheriff. The eld4' Mr. F— dog
gedly placed himself in a chair
"You shall not take my papa away," cri
ed out the little boy to his grandfather.
"Whatever may have been my conduct,
sir," said the miserable Edward, "this is
unkind in you. I have not a single feeling
for myself; but my wife, my children!—you
have no right to harrass them with your
presence."
"Nay, husband," responded Mrs. F ,
"think not of me. Your father cannot dis
tress me. I have not known you from your
childhood as he has done, but he shall see
how I can cling to you—can be proud of
youin your poverty. Ho has forgotten his
youthful days--he has lost sight of his own
thought less years."
The old gentleman directed his law agent
to leave the room. He then slowly but ner
vously answered thus:
"Madam, I have not forgotten my own
thoughtless days. I have not forgotten that
I once had a wife as amiable and Noble
minded as yourself; and I have not forgot
ten that your husband was her favorite child.
An old man hides his sorrows—but let not
the world think him unfeeling, especially as
that world taught hint to be so. The dis•
tress that I have this moment caused was
premeditated on my part. A mortal gets a
vice by single steps, and many think the
victim must return by degrees. I knew Ed
ward's disposition, and that with him a sin
gle leap was sufficient. That leap be has
taken. He is again in my memory as the
favorite of his poor mother; the laughing
eyed young pet yet of a—pshaw—of a—an
old fool— tar what am I crying?"
Little Mary had insensibly drawn herself
towards the old philosopher, and without
uttering a word pressed his hand and put
her handkerchief to her eyes. The boy
also now left his patents, and walked up to
his grandfather, and leaning his elbows on
the old man's knees, and turning up his
round cheek, said, "Then you won't take
ny papa away ?"
"No, you little impudent rascal; but I'll
eke you away,and when your mother comes
or you, I will treat her so well that I'll make
our lather follow alter."
Thus came happiness at the heel of ruin.
If husbands oftener appreciated the , exqui
site and heavenlike affection of theii wives,
many happier firesides would be seen.—
"One in love and one in mind," ought to be
the mono of every married pair. And
fathers would many a time check improvi
.ence, if they were to make use of reflec
tion and kindness, rather than prejudice and
strictness.
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A TUREISTI VOCABULARY would be a
very convenient thing for the readers of
newspapers, and particularly at the present
time, when Turkish affairs are brow , "!it into
special notice. Many are confused by the
various terms which they find in the papera.
They read of the Ottoman Porte, the Sub
lime Porte, the Divan, &c. without gaining
any very distinct ideas, and they either omit
the oriental news as unintelligible,or content
the:nselves with a very superficial acquain
tance with it. Some of our readers may
perhaps be gratified With an explanation of
several of the terms in question. although
others will need no such information. We
therefore turn hastily to several works of
reference, and gibe the following:
Sul/an is the title of the Turkish sever.
eign. It is a word of Arabic origin, signi
fying mighty. The power of the Sultan is
hereditary, and knows no limit except die
precepts of the Koran, and no restraint ex-
CL WAI:12INGT011 307711/19 IMITO7. & rnornivron.
" The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties.”—m
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eept the fear of assassination. The whole
Administration, civil, military, and religious,
, s at his disposal. Grand Seignor is another
:itle by whidh he is known. The title of
Padishah also belongs to him, and is regard
ed in Turkey as highly honorable. The
present Sultan is Mahmoud 11.
Ottoman, the appellation given to the
Turkish Empire, is derived from' the name
of its founder. Othman, Ottoman, or Osman.
Ottoman Porte, or Sublime Porte, is the
name of the Turkish Government. The
word Porte (Latin, porte,a gate) was applied
because this was the name given to the gate
of the Sultan's palace.
Divan is the name of the Supreme Coun
cil of State. Its original signification is a
board, or low level. Its use, therefore, cor
responds nearly with our use of Board for
Council.
Grand Vizier, the Prime Mihister o
State. On him devolves the actual authori
ty. Ile appoints to all civil and military
'ewes, and puts to death whom he pleases.
The word vizier probably comes from the
Lat;ii viado. to see.
Mufts is the title of the supreme judicial
officer, and interpreter ol the Koran. His
office cannot be compared with any in the
governments of Western Europe. His rank
is next to that of the Grand Vizier, if not
superior.
Reis Efendi, the Secretary of State.—
The word effendi is of modern introduction,
and is a corruption of a Greek word signify
ing lord or master. It is often used as a
term of respect.
Pashaio, or Bashaw, or Pacha, the first
being the most current. This is the Gov
ernor of a Turkish province. He is appoin
ted by the Sultan, and exercises great pow
er. The most distinguished have three
horse tails carried before them—the inferior
only two. The Capudan (Captain) Pushaw
is the High Admiral.
Illussulma a, or Moslem, signifies, in the
Turkish language, a true believer.
KEEPING ENTERTAIN3IENT.—RecentIy
a gentleman while traveling through the
Creek Nation, in Alabama, met an Indian,
of whom he inquired how far it was to the
next house. "About two miles," answered
the Creek, "but just beyond the house the
road forks and the right hand will take you
to a very good house five miles further."
"Thank you," said the traveler, and he pur
sued his journey. In half an hour the gen
tleman came to the first house. The worthy
host was standing in the door.
"Halloo!" cried the stranger.
"Halloo, yourself!" responded the man
of the house.
"Do you keep entertainment hero?"
"Yes, sir."
"Can my horse have some corn and fod
der?"
"No, air,l ha'nt got any."
"Cnn you let me have Dome bread and
meat?"
"No, air."
"Have you accommodations for lodging?"
"No, sir."
"Why, then, how do you do."
"I'm quite well, I thank you; how is it
with yourself?"
["Confound the fellow !" said the strong
er, aside, and again resumed] "Well the
road forks, I believe, a short distance from
here—does it not?"
"Yes, sir."
"W ill you be so good as to tell me where
the right hand goes tor
"It han't gone any where since 1 lived !n
these parts." •
"Good day, sir," said the stranger.
"Good day," replied the fellow, coolly,
and walked into his house.—Picayune.
Tue JEW/I.—Mr. Noah, in the Evening
Star of Saturday, himself a Jew, says:
It is true that all the civilized powers of
Europe have removed nearly all the disabil
ities under which the ancient people have,
for centuries,struggled; but something more
remains to be dune. A great, an important
act of justice remains yet to be consummat
ed, and it can only be done by and with the
consent and exertions ofChristendmi:: name
ly—to restore to the Jews their rights as a
nation. If the ancient heritage or the Jews
was now in possession of the Christians, not
a day would be lost in calling the Jews to
gether, and re-establishing the sovereignty
of the people, as promised to them by their
King and Lord of Heaven and Earth, re
peatedly, in every page of Scripture. It
would be the pride of good Christians—men
who understood the religion they professed
—to be the instrument under Providence of
aiding in the fulfilment of the divine prnmise;
but a powerful people of a mixed religion,
many centuries behind the age, are in pus
session of the Holy Land, and the great ad
vent can only be brought about through the
influence of the Christian powers uniting in
representing to the Egyptian Sovereign thei r
anxious wishes and ardent hopes that he will
consent to the restoration of the Jewish na
tion, under such stipulations and considera
tions as shall be mutually agreed upon.
ABSORPTION or THE SHlN.—Many facts
testify the actions of cutaneous or external
absorption. It is proved by direct experi
ment that the human hand is capable of im
bibing, in a quarter of an hour, an ounce
and a half of warm water, which for the
whole body, is at the rate of six or seven
pounds per hour. An interesting narrative
is on record of a ship's crew, who were ex
pot.ed at sea for several days in an open
boat; they had consumed all their water;
they had no fluid of any kind which they
could drink; they soon began to suffer
thirst; the feeling at length became intoler-
able, and the drinking of sea-water was
found only to increase its intensity. When
nearly exhausted, they were exposed, du
ring several hours, to a heavy shower of
rain. As seen as their clothes became
thoroughly wet, their thirst was gone.—
They did not tail to profit by this experience.
From this time each man, as soon as he be
gan to feel thirsty, dipped his shirt in the
sea-water, and wore it next his skin, which
invariably had the same effect of removing
his thirst, the absorbents taking up the par
ticles of water, but rejecting the saline mat
ter dissolved u, it.
LELAND'S PATENT LEATHER CUTTER.—
The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette speaks of
this invention a 3 a machine of simple con
struction, intended for editing leather for
the soles and uppers of shoes, by which
about ten tunes as many can be cut in a dey
no are considered a day's work for n man.—
The machinery is exceedingly simple, and
apparently not likely to get out of order.—
The size of the shoes or other articles is re
mutated by a charge in the medals that rest
one table that passes backward and forward
under a cylinder. •
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SKATING OUT OF SEASON.—The London
Courier states that notwithstanding the sum
mer weather,a party of amateur skaters had
a meeting on Monday, the 4th of May, and
exercised their graceful art on a piece of
water sufficiently extensive, and frozen by
artificial means.
DR A Wom-R 0011 PIANO FORTS PLA VINO.
—The following is an extract from an arti•
do in the London Morning Chronicle, on
the Piano Forte. We know not how these
things are in England—but as applied to this
country, the remarks are true to the letter
—aye, to the note:
"Ii is perfi , ctly plain that no lady, or g,en
tlernan, who has other studies to pursue,and
other duties to fulfil, can ever bestow a tithe
of the time and application necessary to at
lain the power of executing, with tolerable
correctness the mere notes of such compo
sitions; and the consequence is, that &Saw
ing-room piano-forte-playing, instead of be
ing an elegant and delightful entertainment,
is now become a nuisance—shunned and
avoided by all who can get out of its way.
While the player is scrambling on the in
strument, the company are sitting in weari
ness and impatience, or more frequently
talking loud enough to drown the musicial
—or anti-musical—din."
A LESSON TO TEAcurns.—ln the last
number of the Common SchonlJournal, is
an excellent article on the subject of “rean.
agement of disobedient children," a subject
which few parents or inetructo►s appear to
understand. From this article we copy the
following interesting anecdote:—
"At a Common School Convention in
Hampden county, we heard the Rev. Dr.
Cooley relate an anecdote strikingly illustra
tive of this principle. He said, that, many
yenrs ago, a young man went into a district,
to keep school,and, before he had been there
a week, many persons came to see him,and
kindly told, that there was one boy in the
school whom it, would be necessary to whip
every day; leading him to infer, that suck
was the custom of the school, and that the
inference of injustice towards the boy would
be drawn, whenever he should escape, not
when he should stiffer. The teacher saw
the affair in a different light. He treated
the boy with signal kindness and attention.
At first, this novel course seemed to bawd
der him. He could not divine its meaning.
But, when the persevering kindness of the
teacher begot a kindred sentiment of kind•
ness in the pupil, his very nature seemed
transformed. Old impulse died. A new
creation of motives supplied their place.—
Never was there a more diligent, obedient,
and successful pupil, and now, said the rev
erend gentleman, in concluding his narra
tive, that boy is the Chief Justice of a neigh
boring State. The relator of this story,
though he modestly kept back the fact, was
himself the actor. If the Romans justly
bestowed a civic crown upon a soldier, who
had saved the life of a fellow-soldier in bat
tle, what honors are too great for the teach
er who tins thus rescued a child from ruin?"
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GIRARD COLLEOE.-A writer in the In
quirer ofyesterday gives the following state
ment of the expenses at G hard Cullege,from
the commencement of the work up to the
Ist January, 1840.
For lime, $11,060 56; sand, 84,967 73;
gravel, 84,572 79; lumber, $44,405 58;
stone, $38,774 50; painting and glazing,
$3,198 17; bricks, $62,9t. , 0 78; marble.
$386,789 51; working implements, $5,
4F43 52; smith work, iron, coal, &c. $24,•
568 05; all other building material, work
ing implements, rigging shears, capstans,
&c. including lead, semen:, and other build
ing materials not embraced in the foregoing
general items, during the six years, $33,-
111 65; laborers' wages, 887,088 56 ;
stone masons' wages. $18,445 71; carper).
hers' wages, $39,378 61; bricklayers' wa
ges, $19,430 59; marble masons' wages,
8215, - /2 98; blacksmiths' wages, $l4,
982 53; carters' wages, $3,479 94; mar
ble sawyers' wages, $27,566 11; salaries,
643,350 63; granite cutters' wages, $7,-
481 04; copper, $5,990 73; •stationary,
$557 71; copper work, $1,985 40; plus-.
tering, $5,091 26. Making the entire ex
pense up to the first of the present year,one
million one hundred and ten thousand six
hundred and thirty four dollars and sixty
four cents.
Ober six hundred thousand dollars of
wbiCla has been expended for =Elite, stone,
brieka, lumber and other building materials
alone.
Eighty thousand dollars has been paid in
wages to laborers, and upwards of three
hundred and ninety thourand dollars to the
various masons, carpenters, blacksmiths,
carters, plasterers and others employed in
the construction of this noble end stupend
ous edifice.
The same writer maintains, in a commu
nication of some length, that a .judicious
course has been rustled in the erection of
the building; that the provisions of the will
have been carefully observed; that the work
has advanced as rapidly as was consistent
with all the interests involved and all the
impediments to be removed, and that the
Trustees, Building Committee, Architect
end mechanics have discharged their duties
in a manner which will bear the closest
scrutiny.--/V. American.
SUNDAY A mama:Yrs IN NEW ORLEANS.
—The 'Louisiana Advertiser' forma a most
creditablo exception to the generality of
Southern newspapers, m condemning some
of the atrocious crimes of that latitude which
almost justify the belief that the recent rear
ful calamities which have virited it are in
stances of God's judgment. The last num
ber received of the Advertiser says:
"Acting on the barbarous and brutal cus•
toms of hull civilized Mexico, and despotic,
bull beating Havana, some demi-savages
have introduced into an American city, the
city of New Orleans, the degrading arid
barbaric practice of bear beating, dog fight
ing, asiAtickingAc. on the Sabbarh with
the sanction of our lute, and it would appear,
approbation of the present Mayor—other
wise, why is it tol.rated, or continued from
week to week? Would such savage amuse
merit be permitted in the second municipal
ity—would a repetition of the practice be
allowed there? Assuredly—emphatically,
not l Yet, in the very heart of the city pro.
per, and . not in its suburban precincts, exists
an aren a, revolting to civilized humanity
and disgraceful to our people. .It, was
shameful to witness on Sunday last, dogs led
through the etrrets by their unfeeling own
ere, bleeding and lacerated—to look on the
motley groups collected within and around
the arena of blood—yet know that New O
rleans, where such scenes were enacting
claimed credit for being a Christian city !
How much longer, in the Elaine of humani
ty, will the seventh day,practice of bear
beating, &c. &c. be overlooked by the au
thorities of the premier municipality?"
0, I love to see a captain take doWn his
chart, and consult it carefully and thought
fully. It teaches me such a lesson in regard
to my own duty. W hat ! shall Ibe nsham
ed to consult my hible,w hen he is not asham
ed to consult his chart? I have infinitely
greater interest nt stake than he has. His
voyage is but temporal; but I am on the
great voyage to eternity.—Goodell.
There is ngt a more contemptible reptile
creeping on earth than a man who takes
constant delight in defaming hie neighbors.
Such a creature never reflects the light of
the heavens; it secretes and pours fortl►
black gall and wormwood like the ink fish.
Even if it is possessed of W.►rldly goods, it
enjoys them not. and envy, malice, low cun
ning, vituperation, vulgar language are its
characteristics. Its tongue is tipped with
pepper, its bosom full of aloes. Poor de
vil!
DREADFUL REVENGE.-MO mentioned
some tune ago the murder, in Indiana, of a
Miss Orr, by her sweetheart, without sta
ting tho particulars. It seems that a Mr.
Johnson had for years paid his addresses to
the young lady, though in opposition to the
will of her parents. At length tie proposed;
hut Miss Orr, though manifestly fond of
him, declared her determination never to
marry against her parents' consent. John
son %vas of a vindictive temperament, and to
revenge turmoil on the parents, he invited
Miss Orr to accompany him in a walk to a
grove, about halt a mile from her father's
house, where he perpetrated the bloody tra
gedy, by first stabbuig her through the body
with a long and sharp pointed knife,atid cut
ting her throat. Ho then repaired to Mr.
Ora's house with the bloody knife in his
hands, where he stated what he had done
and disappeared before he could be arrested.
This said to be a true statement of the dread
ful afftir.—Phil. Gazette.
THE WHALE FIMIERY OF THE UNIOEO--
We are indebted to our friend of the Nan
tueket Inquirer, for some valuable statistical
information relative to the American W hale
Fishery. The whole number of vessels en
gaged in this trade is upwards of 500,a large
majority of which, viz 384, belong to ‘las
sachusetts. Nantucket alone employs 74.
The aggregate tonnage of the Massachu
setts vessels is 113,419. The capital 'rives:
.ted in 1937, was 89,800,902,--the hands
employed 8,090. The sperm oil imported
for the year ending April 1, 1837, 3,730,
180 gallons—the value of said oil, 82,178,-
388,—the whale oil imported, 3,371,239
gallons,—value of said oil $999,262. This,
be it remembered, relates to MaPs tchuseire
alone. Nantucket had in 1837,82,520,000
invested in this business. New Bedford
84,210,000. Boston 8155,000.
The Louisville Journal states that during
tho progress of the great meeting at Knox•
vine, on the 3t th, Mr. Geo. McFarlane, a
loco foco, fired a pistol at Mr. Da'veiwort,
one of the Whig Marshals, but missed him
and hit a brother bco foco, Mr. Nicholas
N 01504.,
W 4 Zilai/B r)7Pe)O OCEIa
AN INCIDENT OF THE LAST WAR.
The defeat of Winchester, arid the Irvl
massacre at the river• Raisin, produced great
excoamentlhroughout the western count rv•
It was the result of General IVinchestei's
departure from the express commands of
General Harrison. Ilad the former fallen
back on Fort Jennings, ns he was directed
by Harrison, the immense effusion of inno
cent blood, and the discredit of a surrender.
would have been'spnred Lewis, who in turn
disregarded W chester's order s, by march
mg to IF; enehtown, was alsoin part respon
sible for the lamentable consequences.—
The riThrts of General Harrison to correct
the errors of Winchester, awl avert the ca
tastrophe which followed, were almost su
porhuman, and displayed the irrepressible
energies and dauntless spirit of a matchless
soldier.
On the evening that General Harrison re
ceived—not from Winchester,•but indirect.
ly—the intelligence of General Winches
ter's contemplated movement against the
enemy on the river Raisin; he immediately
despatched nn expref.s to the Rapids for
further information. A pprebenslve•of some
disaster, and fearing that it was too late-to
prevent the-design of Wlnchester from be
ing attempted, he gave orders for a corps of
three hundred men to hasten on wilh the
artillery, and for escorts to advance without
delay, with provisions and military stores.
Not satisfied, however, with these arrange
ments, the next morning he proceeded him
self to Lower Sandtiskvoit which place ho
arrived the following night; 'having travel.
led a distance-of forty Miles hi seven hours
and a ball; over roads requiring -such exer.•
tine to pass them, that the horse af•his aid o
Major Midi!, fell dead, from fatigue and
exhaustion, on their arrival nt the fort.
Ile found there, that General Perkins had
prepared to send a battalion to the Rspids,
in conClrmity with n request from General
Winchester. The battalion was despatch
ed the next morning, the Iyth, With e piece
of artillery; but so bad were the roads, that
it was unable, by its Utmost exertions, to
reach the river Raisin, a distance of seventy
five miles, before the fatal defeat. • .
. General Harrison now determined to pro.
ceed to the Rapids himself, to learn person.
ally from General Winchester, his situation
and views. There wan but one regiment
and a battalion at Lower Sandusky. The
regiment was immediately put in motion
with orders to make forced marches for the
Rapids while General Harrison himself im.
medintely proceeded to the same place.
His anxiety to push forward, and either
prevent or remedy any misfortune which
might occur, as soon as he was apprized of
the advance to the river Raisinovas so great s
that he started in a sleigh,with General Per
kins, to overtake the battalion under Cot•
greve, attended only, by a single Servant.—
As the sleigh went very slowly, from the
roughness - attic) toad, he took the horse of
his servant and pushed on alone. Night
came upon him in the midst of the swamp,
which was ad imperfectly frozen, that his
horse sank to the suddle•gtrtbs at every
step. He had then no resource but to dia.
mount end lead:his horse, jumping h.mself
from one and to another ! W hen almost ex
haunted with the cold and fatigue the Gene- ,
ral overtook one ofColgreve's inen,hy whose
assistance lie wan enabled to reach the camp
of the battalion.
This is but ono of many similar Incidents
in the eventful glorious career of that'nuly
great man, which evinced, not by empty
arid high sounding words, but by personal
sacrifices and Ferns, his devoted love of'
country ; its interests, honor, and glory.—
While the puny aspirants for the applause of
the city ballroom, who now affect to sneer
at the mighty deeds of valor performed by
Ilarrison,vvere luxuriously reclining in their
armchairs befiae a blazing fireside, thus
was the veteran whom they pretend to ridi
cule, ranging the forests of the frontier, a-,
lime and on foot, at night, and in the dead of
winter, in pursuit of the enemies of his coun
try. %V fide the highly-scented tripling*
-whose highest ambition is to "caper nimbly
in a lady's chamber," but who essays to jeer
and laugh at the grey hairs of the aged
soldier, and to denounce him as "the tenant
of a log cabin, drinking his cup of hard el
der"—was hugged closer to hie "mother's
breast, as the scenes of horror enacting on
the frontier were recounted,the gallant 'Har
rison was baring his breast to the tomahawk
of the savage, who, but for his arm, would
have carried death, prolonged by totters
and desolation, aggravated by ntro-ities at
which the heart shudders, to every fire-side
in the west !—Tyson's Life of Harrison.
A Western editor, gives the following as
the most approved mode cf fleas in
those parts: Place the (mimel on smooth
pine board, and hedge him in with putty then'
read him an account of all the railroad and
stointitmat accidents which have happened
in the last twelve months. As sow as he
becomes so frightened as not to ha able to
stir, draw out his teeth, and he mill starve I.:x
death.
BLoontiotltos. We invite' the attention
of the Secretary of War, to an advertise
ment in the Cincinnati Gazette,. with the'
above caption. A young blood hound "jug;
from Cuba, is ofThred for sale." Here is al
good opportunity for obtaining a-new Sol.
dier Air the Florida campaign• We pre
sume ho can be bought. cheap; but wheß,
the official agent contes,'he had best bring;
the motley along. A draft on the r eeeiver
of public monies in this city. wont answer,
he's under protest already, rev eighteen dol
lars and ten cents, es we published a Coo
days since.--Cincinnati Republican