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Li- V. 1 , 1/1111141 fm }ward Lim fithil him from tiler , Liu) in lied -itiC:l4l. Li anatti hn ,am.ou, hi: ;pot, it lig 3.lny 2S, 131 MEM 41Us( halm. ;VASHINGTON. IMi 710 , 11 yVASHIS . 4TON AND 111.3•GENEILU,S ' Froir this time, 1775, till 1753, when he bade fa -ewell to his army, he moves before as like some grand embodiment of virtue and power.) :Whether bowed in fasting and prayer/ efore God in behalf of his country, Or takir g the fate of the American army on his he rt--whether retreating before the oVerwli lining numbers 'of the enemy, or it:oaring his furious squadrons tothe chtirge; ithetheir lost in anxious thought, as hip eye ittelis iri vain fur some ray amid. the glpomy prospecit that surrounds him, or spurnng.his frightened steed amid the broken ice of the AngryPelaware in the midst of the midnight storm4whiither galloping into the deadly lollies Of the enemy in the strong effort to restore rthe fight, or wearing the wreath o f !victory 'which a grateful nation placed with finagled tears and acclamations on his broW, be is the same self:collected, noble-niinded, and resolute nartn. • Peririps thek never was a public charac ter so 1 ale understood-in the various quali ties ish eh go to make ' it up as that of Wash / ington.i He is called' the-father of his coun- that phrase embraces the man. We slate the perfected, finished infiarac er thinking of the formation state.l7- - at the fruit alone, without asking try, an .I.nttent ter, lie Ve I What 1, 1 We go to pros! ~eiC col Le is but pa. olways that is 'rancy. Not • icnan d of it th 1 tiut for) twill W I mons* Ind of blossom produced it. Or if acts to liis boyhood and youth, it is • he was just as grave, moderate, and lected then as when a man. Such nstantly held up to our youth, with .ions, without enthusiasm, governed • by judgment, And ,never by impulse ; a miniature man from his earliest in- ithstanding men's intimacy with hu ' aractei, so utterly ignorant are. they t when tlkey find an extraordinary. 'ether good or bad, they are lookiiig I l 1 an d exception to general ru_es,and ist on making tit from ' the outser,a . ityeither in ylce or virtue.. But,a great ud good cliaracter is as much the le pult of a,growth as a tree. It passes through 'differe t stages—indeed, through err Or - • s virtue by self-control and wisdain by ex i erience, and matures gradualli.--1— Washi gton; as he appeared. when Nei dent o the United States, and. Washingt on as a s rveyor, seventeen years old, amid the . . iAlleghanies, are two as different beings, as "can well be imagined. There are ten* moral qualities which adhere to one•throtigh dire, and do riot change through all the .1 4' cissitudes to which he.,is exposed. Az Stl. terly selfish boy, for Instance, is ussalirj selfish man; and'a 'child of generou s ' ~.... .noble impulse, no matter to what deFiravit in other respects he may descend, gen y retain these characteristics to-the last. - 4gs , ' Wash u had a s high mac of bailor whim a ley as when a ruse, and w4;imit fir:gir. r t rZsDA.l - 310k14115411, BY 10 YD. • , 13 the Pnliiic-•Asenns.) yeai in advance.- if not paid within throe til after tbe,,expiration of e exacted. - with the Publishers, nn' on business with the of !sure attention. , erons and 'noble id feelings at sixteen, as At forty- but-in other respects iie'was to tally different: When .aixty years of age .repOse and calm dignity were his great pe `culiarities k at, twenty, ardor, enthusiasm, and love of adyenture e .formed his chief char acteristics.: ln mature years, peace was his desire and. delight ; whilst in earlier days he-loied the excitement of war, and the scope it gave to his untried energies. In youth, the whistling of the bullet was music to his ear but in" riper age there was no sound so!, sweet to him as the song "of dies husbandinan. Washington might have been just as good a man, though never so great ohei,had he possessed the sane mildness and qniedless nf character in his childhood that tioadto his after years. A certain amount Of , combativenesestructiveness, if you please----is ebsoltitrAf necessary to give a man energy, self-determination, and power. Every good and great man, from Moses to Paul and Paul to Luther, has pos sessed it; Much more wicked or ambitious spirits, who have succeeded in changing the world. A Warm and fiery heart is necessary to great resolution and force. It is when this gets the mastery over the moral quali ties and over the judgment that the man be comes unbilanced and renders himself either depraved or untrustworthy. Had Washing ton been the meek and gentle child so many of our puhlic teachers represent him to be, he would never have preferred the adven turous life of a midshipman to that of his qui et home; or the marshalling into companies his young playmates in mimic battle, or af terwards, the more vigorous leap and stern wrestle for the more innocent sports of the fireside and company of gentler children.— I The truth is George Washington was a boy of ardent and fiery feelings, and a youth of strong and terrible passions. The military spirit, so conspicuous in. the lad of fifteen years of age, reveals the temper of the steel that Was afterwards so severely tried. Hie favorite sport, which was to arrange his companieSinto columns of.attack and him self lead the charge, did not indicate anY i - natural love of war, but simply a spirit of fire and force.. His athletic. snorts and the character of his amusements, show even at this early age the surphis energy he pos sessed, and which must out in sOme way. This sent him off, when but seventeen years of age, into the Allegheny mountains, as surveyor. The wild bivouc in the forest, the swimming of rivers, and clinibing of precipices and surmounting difficulties, suit ed well his adventurous spirit. Now plsent ing his compass in some mountain ridge, performing his duties with the skill and in dustry of the most laborious mathematician, and now sitting and musing over his " Ipw land beauty," and inditing verses to her in order to give vent to his • passions ; the no ble young dreamer presents a perfect speci men of what a young man should be—full of enthusiasm, feeling, and daring; and full, too, of application and serious thought. 00l • and correct in judgment, yet quick i his impulses ; methodical and clear in his usi ness arrangements, yet bold and fearl s in danger, he possessed the basis of a strong el evated character. None but a man of im mense energy and great courage would have undertaken as he did, at twenty-one 'years of age, to go as a commissioner, acconipan ied only by seven men, seven hundred miles, half the way through an untrodden forest, to the French commandant on.the Ohio riv er. It is a perfect wonder that a stripling Of his years should have shown such perse verance and skill, and calm endurance and forethought, as he did, during the forty-one days he . was engaged. in this perilous enter prise. Bit it was the next year, when a lieuten ant-colonel, he marched into the back wild erness and attacked the French, that his love of . the excitement of the battle most strongly exhibited itself. At the head •of only three companies be continued his diffi cult march until he came to the Great Meadows, where he was informed by the Half King,of Tanacharison, his friend, that the French. were encamped within a few tables of hit. .He immediately put himself, at the head of forty men, and set off to the Indian camp, ea miles distant. It was a dark night in the latter part. of May, when he started in search of his first battle. The' sky was as black as the forest, and the rain came down in torrents, drenching the little band to their' skins, and they tumbled on over logs and rocks, and knocked their mus 'tets against the trees as they groped about to find their way. The pattering of the rain drops on the tree tops above, and their con stant dripping on the foliage below, were the only sounds that broke the stillness around, save when the :musket barrel of some poor fellow, stutablinff in the gloom, rung against a rock; or theifow word of command fell from the lips of the intrepid leader who strode on in a6ance. They were all night long going the Six miles, and at sunrise ar rived at the! Indian camp. There, uniting with-die friendly savages they marched in Indian file through the forest, and fell like a thunder-40 on the astonished ,French. Aftern . shOpt skirmish of a quarter of an hour, in which the French commander and ten of his nieuswere killed, the whole, of the remainder were taken prisoners.: This was Washington'S first engagement, and the 'kind of feeling he carried into it, and indeed 'brought out of it, maybe inferred fr om' hie ,own-language. In letter home, said he, "I heard the ballets whistle, tuid believe me, there is something. charming in the sound." i There spoke the bold young war nor, to whom the rattle of teaOketrY and thundei artillery are the italic that his stern 4041 lova. aII 4,e Perple'p Odier's 1101! itssed avvay, ' S roar, rounded lay tghig skies landing e•cca, mg: right hivis cif light I lIM2 (L e - thered dadily round 1, death, Ais brelliff d wounded side Inison tide, !left; • storupcnst clouds, . lart.:•seti ill shrouds ;, .t martial lire a desire goal lLien Bed ! astly dead is brain with fright, the night,• lit a tomb. 1 with lottg-drawo howl; r an ry'growl, eS'es; dread alarm, MIZE d around his head, mangled dead, 2211111 zn the nt ins tltiu I nuit_ eves , id surprise 4 - othed his bend, eediruz wound. MIZE In :the kneeled v- groan ; mold damp spot ule.bnilt v. kite ; sun arose, eves unclose, , s: ~ , _:.-,-O ''4.',, 't.'-'.': ...;:.i.-'l.. - ' 1 .. ' 1' . : : 1 . ' 'I.:. ,•,I 1 • . 1 . I „ , , . ----_ .• .-,.. i r: ,:: --l• • !- 'I, . . . . ..„.., . . T .:, , E _... , ..._. .., 1 t: , ",, - t • ; -1., c . 11 , ~- :-, . -. . i'.; -„, - . , , . . . • .I,_ . ' ,- ' . • . ' 0 , . .. . . . . • . I VOL. 2. NO. 1. • Thiiaise the commencement of the French and Indisui - ivar, and Washington , has been severely, hy• French -wiiters for his, attack on coned Junoßrill9 ; and the.slaughter tithe Wier hi. Ine,m.been tinned, a go micie., batilieloinier simply obeyed - on leis, and did Whit lie *lli expressly sent'into the 16W:tier* to 464-repelled the invaders of ,• - - • - ,Bat u v!ai **49ck's detest that : 41e "EVERY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION NOT Ai DIFFERENCE OF PRINCIPLES"—JEPFERsos exhibited those striking qu . ities which form the great commander, and t at cool intre pidity and reckless daring f.r which he was distinguished. Joined as jaid-de-catnp to Braddoek„ he started on .tlits fatal expedi tion, which, though disastrous to its • com mander, added fresh laurels to - Washington. Taken sick on the way, he was left behind, but in his eagerness to be present at the ap proaching battle, lie started on while still an invalid, and joined Braddock the evening before it took place. The details of this fight, the blind and obstinate adherence of the. British commander to his European tac tics, notwithstanding the remonstrance of Washington, the ambuscade , and the terri ble slaughter that fallowed,are familliar to every One: That mdrning, as Washington gazed on the British columns, moving in beautiful order to the sound of stirring mu sic along the banks of the Monongohela, the gentle river on one side nd the green forest on the other, while the as of the uprisen ics ni sun were sent back in daz ling splendor ll'om • the nearly two thousand bayonets that shook in their light, his eye flashed with delight. He was often heard to say it was the most beautiful spectacle he ever beheld. He was at this time ;23 years old, six feet two or three inches high, and strongly made. Full of tire and unconscious of fear, he thought of the approaching fray only with the joy of the warrior. As he had predicted, the ar my fell into an ambuscade. As the advanc ed"party of three hundred Inca were ascend ing a hill, flanked on either side by a ra vine, in which lay the enemy, they found themselves suddenly encircled by a girdle of flame. So Close and deadly -vas the fire, that the soldiers could not bear up against it, and, after a few vollies broke and fled down the hill. Falling on the columns and artillery below, they threw them also into confusion, and the whole army became a disordered multitude,driven hither and thith er, while whole ranks were fallineat every. discharge. In this dilemma, Braddock pro hibited the Virginia regiment from placing themselves behind trees and fighting the In dians in their own way, and began to order up his men in platoons, and wheel them in to close columns, as he had been accustom - echo do on the plains of Europe. Young Washington gazed with indignation on this sacrifice of life, and without the power to order a single company, stood and saw his brave Virginians fall: At length Braddock. was struck down and his two aids ; borne wounded from the fight leaving Washington alone to distribute orders. Here his milita-' ry qualities slidne forth in their greatest splendor. Galloping, through the disordered host, his tall and coimanding form towered amid the smoke of battle, and- presented a ' constant mark to.thii sharp-shrioters. '.l%lten were falling like grass 'on every side of him,. 1 yet reckless of danger, he spurred his steed over the dead and dying alike, straining ev: cry nerve to stay the reversed tide of battle. At length his horse sunk under him, and he fell amid his wounded and dead compan ions. Springing on the back of another, he pressed amid the throng , p ointing in this and in that direction with his sword, and send. ing his calm resolute voice amid the fright ened ranks, but without avail. A second horse fell beneath him, and he leaped to the saddle of the third, while the bulletS rained like hail-stones about him. Four passed through his coat, and he knew that -he was a sure mark for the !Indian rifles as lie thus rode from about. But he seemed to possess a charmed life ; for while nearly half the I entire army which had psssed the Monongo bele in such beautiful order and proud ar- I ray, had sunk on the bloody field, and three ' fourths of the eighty-seven officers were dead or wounded, lie remained unhurt. Cool as a rock, his inward excitement was mastered by his judgment, and he galloped hither and thither as if on a parade. Absorbed in the fate of the army, and intent on saving it, he seemed to forget he had a life to lose. Amid the thunder of artillery, the roar of musket ry, the wild war-hoop of the Indian, and the ranks melting like frost work around him, he never once lost his self-composure. One would have thought, lie had been tried on a hundred battle fieldi; to see the daring firm ness with which he endeavored to stem the panic, instead of being as he was in his first field fight. The. officers around him strug gled bravely, charging together like common infantry, to stimulate their men to bear up against the storm, hut it was all in vain.— The wreck of the *my rolled tumultuously towards the river and over it. A rapid and disastrous retreat back to the settlements fol lowed. As Washington, awing this engagement,' was riding through the broken ranks, his tall person on horseback presented such is fair mark for a bullet, that an old Indian chief took deliberate aim at him him several times and bade his warriors do the same. But af ter a while, finding that none of their shots took effect, they ceased firing at him, believ ing him to be under the protection -of the Great Spirit. Years afterwards this old chief came a' long journey to " pay homage to the man who' was the particular favorite of Heaven, and who could never die in bat tle." Hear what Dr. Robertson , says about the Girls using the Skipping Rope : The Skipping Rppe, a toy which is dis carded by the young girl when entering a premature womanhood, but which ougbt.to be looked upon as a necessary article in 'ev ery boudoir or privete room ocupied by a woman of civiliied habits, is one of the ..it, ifnot tile very best of the gymnastic . exercises that I know. It exercises almost - 'every muscle of the body. HEAVEN.—A negro woman was relating her experience to a gaping congregation of her own calor. Among otherthingt , she said she had been to heaven. One of the brethren lays ; Sister,, you see any black folks in heav: out" " She replied, ictoh, go wily Sint, don't put *.body out 4 , Impose in do -Niche when I was dart MONTROSE, PA. ENE 17, 1847. A DREA! TAIT WAS NOT ALL,A DiIEAM.I I TRUE TARN OF TEE ■EStCAR (OAST. :1n1834, when I was yet a youngster *- fore the mast, Itook a trip to Tampico ill a little trading schooner culled " The Eller" cpmmanded by a jolly skipper from Florida,. one That Marin, a dark skinned Spanioh Creole, who, "for short" was by his frielis always termed " Nig." The schooner grfp erally carried out dry-goods and provisions on her owners' account;: but I always had an idea, (which I kept to myself,) that site " tonned" more than her register made lAer responsible for, and that her hold always contained more goods than could be foulid on her manifest. But to return. We were only nine ddis on our ,run from New Yorkout to the month ot Tampico river; and about noon on the tenth day we stretched in over the bar, with a lending wind, that would t.ttsily 'have cUr ried us with a flowing sheet um to'the ten n, which was nearly twek'e miles above ; gut for reasons best known to himself, the Cap tau) anchored as soon us we passed the fort and rounded Point Tammeco, just above aid ottt reach of its guns. The revenue-bitat from the gua . rda-rosta came on board before our sails were furled and the custom-hotise otlieers overhauled our papers and mnnif4st. , They seemed a little suspicious, and.oneof ' the officers was left on board to watch Its, while the rest went aboard of their own craft, which lay nearly a half a mile further down the river, under the gunsof the fort. As soon as dinner was ready the Captain invited the revenue officer down into the cabin to dine with him; and as they wCnt below, the former winked his large laughing eye at the mate, and I knew well that th4e was fun in the wind. As\soon as the citp= taut and Mexican got below, the mate shp ped into the small boat and sculled aslnire. I sat- no more of hirmuntil after dark tilat night. In the meantime I could tell by the lively voices in the cabin that theofficer rind captain were getting along very welltogvh er ; and once in a while the tinkle of triget lag glasses and a jolly. song spoke o a ". spirit potential" that was playing upon the hearts and senses of both parties. • I As night came on„. more hilarious ware the tones and more vivid the sounds which arose frdm the cabin ; and it appeared that 1 while twilight began to get blue above, timy , I were fast getting " blue' below. , Firit I ' could hear our Mexican sputtering forth a 'Spanish bacchanalian glee; then Captain Marin would give a touch of a sea-song; or a specimen of his " nigger-melody." lAt last, a little after dark, with a , real Havitna in•each of their mouths, they came on d4ck, the skipper and the watcher. Both *ere decidedly and unequivocally drunk, if ime Might judge from their " walk and conversa tion ;" but I could see at a single Ounce that the captain was shamming, althoughlthe " spiritual reality" was visible in the Mtiti can. He seemed how elver to retain some shrewd notions of his dty, and to krum chat as night was over us, W I e intended to sug tf, gle, it was necessary to keep his eyes open. So lie seated,himself on the taffrail with! an air of drunken dignity ; and ai he. !mutated a Spanish barcarole, kept watch over !the movements of the creir about the cick, glancing now and then sp and down the Mill river. • 1 As the night advanced, I saw that Captain Marin began to look uneasy and anxic,lus, althOugh lie pretended' to he even more drunk than his guest and spy. At last, when it was near Midnight, the Mexican bec#rne less frequent in his snatches of song, and the " liqupr-drowse',' seemed to be homing over him. He would all unwillingly closes his eyes, and then his head would make a ng slow bow tott'ards some being, imaginary or invisible, until the chin rested on his bre(mt, when up it would fly, as if a bee had siting it, and slowly, drowsily the eyes would ci:ien to the accustomed watch. • , . Captain Mario now lay down besideithe Mexican, and pretended to fall into a sound sleep, attesting the same by a long, loud nod regular snore. This threw the Mexicali Completely off his guard ; and wrapping his watch-coat closer around him, he follpw ed suit; and theft the twain seemed tti be trying which could snore the loudest. V 4 ten Senor Mexican had got fairly under Iliad way the captain rose lightly from the dqck, passing forward, took the lunthorn from the binnacle and held it for a Injnute over !the bows. Presently I saw several dark obie, cts coming out from under the shadow . on the land, and in a few moments more six hirge native canoes were alongside of us. Inithe first one ihat boarded us was the mate tud .4 a merchant whom I Well knew to belon to one of the. first houses in. Tampico. he boats came noiselessly alongside, and eir crews crept stealthily on board. Wi t a sound the hatches were raised, and p ge after package of, rich dry-goods was passed up from the hold and over the,side intoishe boats, by the tawny, half-naked roscals.l The boats were nearly all loaded, *hen I, who had been placed to watch over the sleeping revenue officer, saw him, open! his eyes ; and before I ,could move or speak, be saw and compreheuded all that was gjang on. Springing to his feet, he shouted " Guarda costa . 1 -1-4cmtrabandistas !" i One bound. from where he steed by the main hatchway to the tatrmil, and our, ap lain write by the side of the Officer,, with his brawny lianda incirclitig the windpipe from , which proceeded soiMuch poise. The Mei ican tried to draw Itts, sword, and ,strogKled manfully to get free, from tbe.choking grip ; but Captain Maria /pew that the entirelless of his vessel and ctgo would follow dlteo.-. lion, and he was not disposed to irate.— Mick, a nd the Merican,in spite Of :his ickS and writhings, in his strong arras,' he 'lly pitched him overboard ! It was quite ark, and as the tide waa- ebbing swiftly 'Own wad, he passed out of iiititt lestatttly 4 "tat ,I tbr minutes we coald hear him 4Plaikia_, g and g urgling lot*, wateri, trying te: 11PO4. Than all. Was Aill !again: We ' line!! 'riot whether he had eat* of glineti the _shore; nor, to tell the , truth; "did we Much . ' M 191104 - N ' ' ii Bear a hand, boys !t Said the captain; " tumble in these packaoss: get the test of ' the goods into the boa tii and le ' them get' ashore. If that tego hash't-dran too much water, be rimy 've.us siime trouble about this matter lyet:r - In a few Imonients theilast package to be smuggled Was 'passed i6to the', boats; the ",patron," I who had made- the purchase, counted out. the pay in doubloons; the ca noes pushed off, and soon vanished up the river. In 4 feW tninuteti our hatches were replaced, the decks cleared up as before, and the crew retired to dieir berths, with or ders to be Found asleep *nd not to wake up on any ace i bunt.' All this vas 'Scarcely tirranged, when' the dash of oars coining hastily up the river was' heard, andlinnother inoment an armed boat *dm the iiarda-edslit was alongside. At the first sou dof the approaching boat, t it Captain Marin bad laiwilown where be first pretended to go l tdaleePi and he was now snoring lodder gum ever. Even the Clines, many, 100 and .deep, di the angry , Mexi cans, failed to rouse hi4from his deepslum ber. The , officer who i bad been thrown overheard,' still dripping from his involun tary bath, rushed aft, and with no gentle means tried to arouse thh . sleeper. _ At last the captain, gaping and stretching, slowly opened hisl eyea, and ail he yawned and scratched his head, cool asked what was the matter , and what 'Os wanted. Then came a sate! All poitttin,g to the officer who had hen taking a infidnight 'swim all alone by I imsell, wbo,l with voice louder than all the rest; swore dint he should have been drowaed i!f St. Antonio hadn't made the sentinels hear his vtfice. ed . beard the guarda costa, and caused them 'lt o ' send-him a boat. The captain ciuld not i be made to understand whit was th 'annul; and when he was charged with baiting thrown the rev cube - officer overboard; and with having smugglingboati alongrade, he raised 'his hands in holy horror toddrds the stars, and indignantly replied : "It's a d---ii lie ! Why," said he to the officers of the guarda costa, " that gentleman dined with me ' • we drank pretty freely, and then came up from the cabin, when both - odes lay down here to sleep. I did not wake up until now : he must have been dreamibg, and have fallen' . overboard in l l iis sleep ! i You all saw that I was sound as eep when you came aboard-; how then could I have ill owu him overboard 1 The idea is absurd, nonsensical;' the whole story is improbable—yes, istpossiNe! See, my hatches ore all bat(ened dOwn, just as they were when you :were on beard, when I came in from , sea to-da' ; nothing has been moved ; my Crew are a I asleep. He .must I have beenldreaming: d while he dreamed of smugglers,land the I e•of such , he must have Men overboard. 1 'He knihrs very well, that he was "xis drunk is s , a !ord.! " • The story of the cap?ain was . well con ceived, and told with still better effect among all the revenue officerqsave the victim him self, who called upon erery saint idthe cal ender to come down add swear that his sto ry was true. q But thet perfect order and quietude of Mk vessel ;him crew all. sound asleep ; the hatches battened droll', just as they were in the morning; the lionestindig nation of the , !sleepy - captain, and the ac knowledgement of the ;victim that he had been very drunk, comared badly with his story, and th ' yarn of c aptain ' ' Maria was believed. Th' ! r ' soaked" .official was taken 1 back to his -o n vessel ; to be tried for sleeti ing on his watch, whiled another officer was left in his plaee to keep us from smuggling. When day-light carne,*e•weighed anchor and sailed up! to the toltin, where we honest ly dischargedithe,cargit per manifest, pay ing honorably, all duties4nd charge's thereon. Captain Mtrin only Cleared jfive thousand dollars by that trip; tind we have often laughed since at the scene I have described, especially the Mexicants Dream, which mai not all a- Dream.—Kncckerbocker. NOTHING is i MADE IS VAIN.--This great truth was never more forcibly er pertinently exemplified than latelyi in the se of ii far mer who was one of those ho think that every farm should be '01; clea ing and that the se "clearing; signifies/1 place from which all the trees htive been leared j a sort offer mer, by-the-Way, wl4ch is very .plentiful about these diggins." ;This individual hav ing cut downithree nailf trees on his own 'ground cooly walked.oier to al neighbor and. kindly voluntered to -itit down gratis two magnificent emperor elms, w rich drooped their arms over a mossji stone ear the door of his friend. 1 The ast4dished and horified neighbor, bad the self #Brninai d to be able to restrain hifi just iniligdatii n, and with great presence of inindlbegan o recite in a slow and imrpiessive Inner be immortal lyric " Woodinan spat:e that tree." , The Goth was' struck with _this nov I manner of meeting his pjropositio4 He istened atten tively to the first lines OM the :cilia went 'on he dropped 14 sap-thirly axe, •n d his eopn tenance fell - With it, anjt as th • reciter con cluded, he sa 'lt; down upon a log,' buried his head in h s bands nod we it.aloud. -. Since that ime ho lint had a raving ar borphobia.• e will nit ride i a wagon be causeit has x-le-treeii;_lfas illed- his dog because he bMks ; flogged his soil • because he is a sap ;-Stoped diking r. it bear ; re fused to go to the tnentgerie est he :should see an•eleph t with s 6 trunk and actually dreadetol at YANitptral..nte because it contains le res and •lirood c ts. • SWEDISH ' ,ffnuum4. , •Mr. his Travels' rough iiistrotleit,si uni children, 'Om ogle -'of ti eighteen . nto the, tire !rail ges s like cyl' driettl.wkk line I contrived go; alp keei 'their witholit inte ring 'width wi They creiu - litit . om or kid in An 'conveniireit , pnit without - muck. nitity;',4llere I great liklintilkt‘ .04 11 ' heard I the' 'cry of .ii - clird iii Sweden.": t,. , . .4. ,• 0 „, ; _, v or , Amilveniillag.„ - 4 i :..,:- ~ Advt. , . .._ . , rl alltscumuily. Mooned at. the usu 9 al =tonal fattm- square falba &skald 1,1 Twziert4 titnis foiesbah subsequent ~11 insertioM-1 • • l '.. - ' ' ' - ' • T YearlytiAvertissinsints, ;with the Pityiletp of a 1.., temilom not':to immed , . . '7 , - 1 4. ` QuartergubasaMmithOsirt, PectiumTnir, $ 001[ Half Court ,' ' ' lac 1 - 41 0 -8 00 il; One Column,do , do 15 00 1 , &nines. Carfc do ° do . 300 I. All other adyertisements inserted at remonabil Advert ini :t er ts should be ..tnurked With tb° Pm° •J ber of • • Hired. 1 MI • , i One !Fay : . Fill a.Picaum fiiaUeri. 3 A letter frcen Paris speaking of the siglity) to be seen there, adds ::• 1' , • . , • 5 The piesident of. the Council, Mars hal . i'' Soult; - never throws open his sloore--itP_ would east money. A more 'avaricious" old( Israelite } „ does not exist in France ; aerie bet, at all scrupulous as !to how he fills hii purse. Ills Spanish, gallery of paintings, for .itsil stance were the spoils of - his Peniuselari campaigns, Which, he was in honor bound tali have depOsited in:the Louvre, hut preferred keeping, Occasionally disposing 4480mi11/ere. for a yak° ' sum. Not a fortnight since tel thus sold the Pararytii, by Murillo, for eight ty thmiitend dollars and was very indignant 4 stimuli Of the papers for saying that thei • money tdiould go into the artny,chest. Acl carding eil to 'his account,- every picture' wa' - , , percha.f— ra and the tsactiorldy which hil beesitne - the proprietor of the Paralytic (n related by him after dinner to a friend) is •4 . curinu piece of picture dealing : _ . ' l ll ." ' eoPle reproach - me for hiving stole'CO pictures - in Spain, but-I bought them . 84%4 - Let theni! ladled !' said the listener , with an •inedible elevation: of the eye rowiii 'Yes, bought them, sir !' returned Soulti ' Ther ; fcir 'instance, is my Muerillo, th° •famousl Pere/irk—a co t me two monkq ' Tivo 'honks !' ejaculted the listener. 'Y' - two monks —tivo as fin fat, sleek, oily m of God las you ' ever laid yes on .' IBut t monks for a picture !''e claimed the astoai ished liitener. 'Yes, I ave two monks far , that picture, sir !' said S ult, ' and it wasps this wa that the bargain was made :-,-( some more of the[Burgundy.) One eveniget after having bebn rather hard pushed by . Wellinton and his red eoated rascals I an a grea i ' number of my, nien had taken o f our qt±rers in a convent . We* made ifik . laze oaks give us a geed supper, and pleii: ty 'good wine, and therl we went to bed. 4 Next morning, when the men were muster• ed, it ties reported. that some twenty or thiii- , ty of ni.* . grenadiers had been found wi t' their throats cut--=thegood monks had j it • seirereditheir windpipes as they slept, and s _ • enough ' the poor fellows were as dead' slaughtered sheep. Well; I immediate).* lei i all the i tuonks drawn up, and said to theis " Youl infernal Tagatonds, I can't afford di lose 1) 1 0? grenadiers in this way, and to coR vince. ou of the fact I !bean to hang' eve one o f yon It Such a •waril of despair I nes4 r hea ollOred by_ pitetius sppplications • To! it : of perdcia. After ' frightening them well, 1 consented 4, far to pardon them as onelyt hang the same number bf them they had killed of our men ; it 'was. twenty edd, arid they vrere tn draw loth. The doomed, - * were Soon set one side,! the ropes knmto, around their necks, and my men were jig a ut 6tringing them up, when two bi ther victi ' declared thertiablves to be the abbOt and his istant 'Sorry I can't Oblige ou gentle en, but really (fill your glas s,) must hang you.' . ' Mercy, _oh save us r-14- ' Can't do it gentleman, you really intik swing livid, the rag r 'I Listen said the' SO bot, "we have hid away - Murillo's Paralyt ic—tape has a ransom ' and let us ' go.' ' , thought this was fair enough bargain, I tO. the me digniteries and 'up went the .stf, thus giving the two monks fur the Mu Ilt. And yet people will say that I don't be my Spaniith gallery.' " 1 tar, A northetm correspondent sea, . ds the following, which wos suggeiited b the le " Nutriber twelve, peg 0 heel" anecd , iit our last gossipry :—" - n amazing , if feet appeared in ,the ba -email of an . , to tious village - inn, late o e evening, the oyirnir of which inquired anx ously for the , bad black.. The bell rang nervously, and in [ )s momenta keen Yanked : , ilhistrator of ' Day and Martin's best' popped into the Yootp.+ •• Bring me a jack !' exclaimed the nitin.,, - of great t under-standing.' The waiter hit voluntarily started forward, but-chancing. iii catch a glimpse of the boots , - he stop shorta d a ft er another and a closer exa - ination aid,-with equal twang and emph - sis: .ti I say yeou, you taint agoin' to 'moire this wpr in a hurry; you've got too godd whold uoto the grouud. Want a b9otine4, eh .1 W hy, bless your soul, there stint /a boot-jick on airth big enough for theiabooti i I don't believe that a jack-ass could gia 'em. off." My stars ! man !' cried . 'air friend; of the big feet, ' What'll Ido? - I ca t get my hoots of without a jack 1' I t4l you what / should do,' replied' Boots,' 4f they Were mine; I should go back •to the fork of the road; and pull 'em off there 1 :4- That ( would fetch them, I guess I' "—Kaick el:locker. . 1 q NED IBEIVTLINE. ; 'Donald, in Young e to that of, Up in bandit et*! which - aro ' straight, .:their growth: ia't 4 he wit% of roOn — r the , thiP-fttiatin' 'Mt *Me to Te 1 1 . 661. 4* - 4 1181 of :rx Cs .' FIGHT BETWEN A. FDOG AND A Ronm.-1. letter, of the 14th ult., from hurling - tor. c , lowa, to , the N. York Spirit of the Tim., tells thin story : L , Whilst sitting near a small pond hint month cooling t h yself after a hard traelp through tan uglyi medow, after -snipe,. (44)- d ug nothing,) nay atNntion.ivan attractedifiy a robinhoppinglabout in the grass : near tie edge Of the' water, and whilst making a Of culationlof howl many, such bird" it wottld take to make a potpie, a larg i 'fiirg of be bloodYnoun speck., pounced , upon him 140 a cook on wimpy, seized him by the -heed, and. Plunged . inn) the waterxith him Win erisuid one 'of the toughest kttd; of a.:figh • under nod on torround ;and ,round•—,l4 t ions thetOtothe • Idid not knew *hick bet on ; ithe oddp werelather in favor. ef Frog;uiltil Rehrin looked hint! in the., fa with Jail left 01.0..wbenihe let go and dol , leasing the fteldto his opponent who did te l 4o reMaialingitneugh for me Ici. Pere himAtiling,-prilhahly, some. what ;oho' ... lin v ithaiog it) near sucked in.l l , ‘• . , ... _I. ~ , .- 3- ,, - I- - 1 ' , •'. ;' ,- 1 lietiati Rev. DlPiel Isik4G-Nflibotit l s iteli . Artig and o gnat IMAM: "...t. !thk'tiblie T i me cried olitikt Who ourptiaaildia c*, !ir day with aai la ' hi., t" mou th e , .,sst, rat, idyl; +., ~` , - 01 ;rnadawe - roidadita iy i ebartuagiw- 1 '',., - , ,:: A E II
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