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Cteoiiick ar.A iiivLelle, cDinn BY JOSEPH VALLENCE BEVAN. riBLISKCU tvmt Monday $ Thursday. AT FIVK HOLLARS Pl:n A*!»C», PATAIII.Ii IN '• AUVASCS -COONTRT PAMSB, OSCB A WEAK, TURKS 1)01,1. A (IS PSR ABNC-M, rAtAUU ALSU l.f ADVANCE. RFP'IKT Os the Committee on Finance. THE committee on Finance, beg leave lo r. port, that tl»c> have devoted a consi derable portion of time, accompanied by mncli deliberate-cons.deration, to the ex amination .f tl,c public Treasury, ami found that warrant* drawn on the l ita surer, his entri.s in hm books, hisabstract j;iv.t report ts the comptroller of the a m-.unt of monies received and warrants nu d by the said Treasurer m the last po litical yea.-, perfectly »mtt W* mount of money reported to be V> thc Treasury on the 4th. day of November as , lias been found by the committee, a.so con rd. The committee on Finance further re noti.lhat tliev consider it a; coming wiin in die nob ere of their duty, to exhibit as fwd and complete an exposition of the re ctirds ami expenditures of '.be 1 mills of tin s ate, ui they are enabled lo do, from t t, £ means under their inspection and con lr d : To allow for what purposes snd ser vices warrants have been drawn on the Tit'vmrv, the Treasurer's Abstract with xhe Comptroller's statement, la saUafado tmd 1 which, particularly shew from u horn. And what the amount received h the Treasurer in the lasi political year A o of public money, •he committee have not. within their p0w ,,,. „iv means of information for what ser *!, „ warrants were drawn on the contm ■jrViit fund, except by a resort to the state nn-nt of warrant* of the Executive, d awn on tins fond, and reported by <he -p..., A.w.fc* mi imd convention. 'l l, ; committee on Finance, have there-, foie arranged in a manner they deemed the most accurate and comprehensive, a list of warrants f>r wlial services drawn |,< jt\e Executive on UIC entmgent fu d fiM k 18?i, and the unexpended b dunce of tin. contingent fund <f 18 ’O. The sub j lined statement issubstai tiatly ittken.fi oin tin- 'xecotivcs exhibit of statement i.f war nin' t drawn on the contingent fnnas, and communicated to both branches of the l.ngktatui c, atilie commencement of the pretent session to-wit ; A Statement of Warrants drawn on the Treasurer, during the Polincal Year, 1821, or b uweeu the first Monday in November, 182 d. and tne first Monday in November, 1321, agreeable lo the Executive Report. PENITENTIARY. Conti fen: PvwloJ 1820. tftrqember 6,. 1820 —David fc, Kemp, for conveying Convict from Wayne county, £lB4 874 Solomon Kemp, do do Seri* .27 i mjAHifo ».u., 1° 25 m county, 1® ' Dg James Riley- do 3 do Jones eonntv, . , 70 63 Wit'iam J.amkm, do 1 do Richmond do “3 6 $ (Srtit, 27—-John McConnell, do do II I'! do i 99 32 October 6—William Niabet, do du Gwinnett do 3f>:f £794 02; Charged to C iirtingent Fund, 1821. tJunniiry 7 —l-aic I) f-y'"', tor t, . expense of conveying con viei f,o'. Cbatbam, 26 50 jf :t -tU 13 —U nb. n Mann, do un 2 no Morgan, 52 1?$ Wilev Uelshcr, do do 1 do Twiggs, 20 I', • Mi ad. Beall, do do 2 do V.u-.klid, 1 89 121 2 —, oHcnh Sni th, do do 1 do Eiber.; , , H 4 621 26 Http jamiu Williamson, do do 2, (lb fomnoi, 50 Ahril 9—Ab II M'Cormick, do —\ Warretf, 72 31 2 ilo MfiS 2—S. W. B uunt, do~Qtr , tp. Borkc, 58 06J y tv 12—James W.T.amkin, do d 1 d<> Richmond, 55 St/iumhrv 11—Allen Belabor, do d i 1 do Twiggs 25 October I—Hi It,mon 'Kemp, do do 1 do benven, 123 874 1160 12} state and government house C'mrgtd to Contingent Fund, 1820, 'Wov'mber B—John Luc s, for Making pavement in front of Government House, digging ■ and nailing with sionc, a well on Government Lot; 250 •29 Marlow L Pryor, work done the G v rnmenl House, 100 J) member JJ —John Lucas, ba- . laucc due him for digging and w.tiling with rock, u well on G.ivernmen' Lot, and paving lii front of Government House, 60 40 January 3, iß2l—William U. Clark, balance due him for paml and oil, and painting the G iverunumt M:>use and two om houses on Government *.oi, 520 67 £9.0 07 Charged to Contingent Fund, 1821. H eh —Appleton .Vos^eUT, 1 time, pAiuia, (Jc puruias. d ot him, and an advance lo ena ble him to purc'iase an ad li ti ’n* 1 aupely ol lime and piais ter of Fans, and to p»y the /■eight of the same, to be used in - pairing die State House, oi which sum, £531 124 cts. have been returned, a,id of tne article > *purdi. s d, a q mntily remains, a Inch c,n be dispos ed of without less, j 825 July 12—Marlow L. Pryor, bn in ice due h.m for repairs done on G ivemnv-ni. House, 251 18 »s—W.ilum U. Clark, pun. tug ie rout, cupaio, kc. of tile Surttt-Uousv, 304 September 26—William Tbomrfs advance made him on account of his contract to rrpair the plaistcring in the Stale House* l° u jV> vernber 3Wm B Clark, paint ing and glazing in the B<a'e- Ilouse, as per account render cd. 2_- 2660 13 MILITARY. Charged to Contingent Fund, 1820. November 7—Wm Hamilton, lor his services as Brigade Inspec tor to General Blacksliear a Brigade, , . 4J 10—Thomas Dawson, do do Gen Beall’s Brigade, 48 18—Everitt Waodham, do on Court Martial, for trial Captain H. Mitchell, . * 4 ’ 25—David Kegister, do for rul ing express for Gen Black shear, . 38- -Robert Jones, do «« Brigade Inspector to Gen G.ascock 3 Brigade, ... 8 ° December 5 — V) Rankin, do on Cour Martial) for trial of Capt. 11. Mitchell, 1 J 9 m. p-. Boraclair, as Inspector of Gen. Walker’s Division, 5G 12— Wm. Beal, do do for Beall’s Bilgade, in the year 1819 and 1820 170 16—Cnpts. Parr and Dean, on Court Martial for trial of Capt. 11. Hiiclie.il 27 80 January 17, 1321—James I’elot, do as Inspector of the Ist Bri gade, Ist Division, February i9—M. F Boisclair, do do Gen. Walker’s Division, 168 May 4—H- nry Harris do on Court Mania, for trial of Capt, n Mitchell, 14 727 92} Charged to Contingent Fund, 1821. December 26, 1820 —John Dajly, for his pay as military store keeper, at Jefferson, Camden couvty, 5- 7j r /aiinary 4, 1821 —John G. Bos lor d,‘*d'iZ£tX‘ : Vim.y&'itfr. glide, 120 February s—Peter Farr, for pay ing the Guard kept in the State-House, Ist quarter, 2-10 Alexander Greene, for his pay as Military store keeper, in Jl/dledgeville, 100 —F. M. Stone, do do do Sa van nab, 60 7 —Josi li Newton, for his servi ces on Court Via. ial fur the trial of Cap., II Mi cliell 12 13— Elijah Jordon, do do do 16 JiLty 7— Peter Farr, for pay of tb° Guard kept in the Stale Hon e, 2d quarter, 257 50 —Alexander Giecue, for his pay as A/uitary store keeper at Milledgeville, 100 —F. ,11. Stone do do do Sa vannah, 6® 12—John G Bostick, for Ida ser vices as Inspector of General Hilton’s Brigade, 33 22 —Wm. Hamilton, for his ser vices as Inspector of Black shear’s Brigad , 40 July 30—A. F P.-nzier, do on MrS tfavu? 1 nn tr,al 01 Ca l )U „ lugvut 6—Peter Farr, fop his pay of Guar. 1, kept in State- House. 3<l quarter, 247 50 6 —U. ,1 Greene, do as Military Slot" Keeper, Milledgcville, .1.1 qua ter, 100 6 • F M Stone, do do do Sa *. annah, 3 1 do 60 Abtvember 3—Peter Farr, for Guard kept in State-House, 4 h do 245 . J--11. A. Greene, fop-hi» nay ns Military store keeper,Aiidedge vill ■, 4 h tlo 100 3—F M. Stone, do du do Savannah, dtli do 60 1911 42 POSTAGE. Charged to the Contingent Final, 1320. JVuvembev 10—Daniel Sturjes, tor postage of Surveyor’s let ters und small articles, Survey, or .general’s Office, 21 40 22—Tboh, M. Hradi.iid, fur letters and newspapers to, and letters from Executive, 161 32 Charged In the Contingent Fiend, Jitmiiiiy 17—Thos >1 Ifirid'ord, fur Toslage of l.eiurs and Newspapers fn, and Letters font Executive, 140 374 .Ifarch 21—Do do do do 192 Itvf .dugust 10 —Do do do do 3J5 12} November 3—Do do do do 2GB 70 916 38£ For Kxplovinu; Oqnefanoca swamp, surveyin'; and extra expenses of the late Lottery. Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1820. December 20—Wm. Cone, for his services a-i Commissioner to ex plore Oquefauocn Swamp, 459 January 11 H& II Wood, for preparing tickets for lottery, under act 15ih December, 1818, 541 88 1000 88 Changed t-' the Contingent Fund, 1821. December 2d —John H. Broadnax, for liis services as Mathemati cian in surveying Oquctanoca Swrmp, agreeable to a resolu tion, dated 18th December, 1820. 1870 Wds n Connor, balance for Ids services and expenses as Commissioner 10 explore the Oqnef'uiioca Swamp, 503 22—Elisha Wood, lor pay to dif ferent persons employed to ar range, by (toil..lies, alphabetical lists of fortunate drawers to be print.- t, 495 January s—Glenn &. Harris, for an advance of £4OO each, pur suant to « resolution, 21st De cember, 1820, as Surveyors of 12th & 13 'i Districts, Appling, which appointment was re linquished in Gknn, slid the money turned over to H. Law son, apoointed to survey said district, SCO SejitembesQ —Daniel Sturges, for ■*• ~ *> (hrnishing ir.strucriorj find plans annexed of five new coun ty and District UrtviJV “f Crain. J paid for work done, lor Survey or General’s Office, etc. §3733 INSOLVENT LIST- Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1820. ; - November 21—Timothy llcpkins, for his insolvent List, as Tax Collector, Camden county, oo Jugutl 9. 18i!l—.lam' S Eppin- - i'cr. do do Chatham couu- , ty-for 1818 and 181* 636 56 t, 712 94 Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1821. February 27—'Thomas Anderson, his Insolvent List, aj lax Col lentor, for Wilkes couiiiy* 1819, 7*. April 3—Joseph Riley, do do fl Greene county do " r 175 97 ] P HINTING. e Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1823. j November 6—Philip C. Guieti, t for publishing in Washington a News the Laws Os South Ca- « rnlina,.on Tree Schools, 50 t .l/i’HT, 1821—Grantlunu 5; Ormc Printing for Executive and OHi- • ces of Secretary of Slate and l Surveyor Gineral, and also for t fifty copies of Clayton’s Ocor- ; gia Justice, 75 , 988 75 . Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1821. , December 2 I —CaOmk Ifines, tor printing done foe Surveyor i General’s Office, from 93J i \i av * 1819 to llth December, 1829, 446 25 February 7Do do Secretary of State's Office, March 17—Do do Laws and Journals, and Resolution# of 1820, 2669 37 1-2 , 17_.|)m done for executive, from 21 si April, 182') to 31st Janu art-,1821. 239 62 1-2 Jlpril 7 Grantland and Orme, printing for Executive and of •» o •'» UluV u tltld Surveyor General, and also for fifty copies of Clayton’s Geor gia Justice, 938 75 April 18—T S Hannon , an ad van :e made him to Print' and. Hind 2000 Copies of Lamar’s Compilation of the Laws of this ‘Hate, 4000 May 15—F S Fell, Three years subscription of Savannah lie puhlican, and priming for State, 49' 871 2 Halls. 8529 87 1-2 Misrellii neons'.' Charged to the Contingent Fund 1820. November 27—Dan’) Sludges For Iron Bailing in Survey r Ge neral’s Office, so protection of maps, and paid express-to tlie Surveyor of the 10th Dis trict, Irwin, S 3 58 28—John Springer, Hiding F.x presn,from Executive to Elec tors of President and Vice Pre sident, 24 30—A. Hoodie, Five Wood fur Express from Executive noti fying Gen. J h' M’lntosh, his appointment of Elector o)' Pre sident St Vice Pi esid'eni.U S. 50 7—John M’lntosh, for the pay of the Electors of Preslcent and Vice President, U S, 436 Charged to the Contingent Fund, .1821 23—Elish. Wood, for paying small incidental contingent ex penses, in the Executive Of fice, and other small accounts against the State, (as filed in Executive Office ) 500 January 3 Ginn it Curtis, Paper, Quills. Ink-Powder, Sealing- Wax, i*c. for public use, 131 81332 93 Januivy 6—John M’lntosh, for the ■ uni found iiecessan. by the C un mssiouers to be expended lc. aids effecting an adjust ment of claims, agaainst the Cv.efc Indians for proper y taken by them from cit zetw of this State, and promoting OXJLini^mwtutivnt 4.j, it* title o land foi Georgia, §1212 of which tuts returned to tlie Executive, 15000 February 5 Vbncr Hammond, for Civ li an.i Military Commis sions, W rits i f Dedimus l*o tcsuitcm, Hl:.ok Bunds,&c. dur ing the first quarter, 760 50' P ter Fair, for his pay as Messenger to die Executive, " ti n quarter, 100 V'lmaktr, Hansel), Camak &. liozjman, for examining a coinpitatioii, by L Q C La mar, of the Laws and Resolu tions of this State, from 1810 to 1819, inclusive, 400 —Daniel Sturges, a Map iur Commissioners appointed to treat with the Creek Indians, and for a desk, 6tc, f,r the Sum eyor General’s Office. 21 50 —Alexander.Giceue, f n- carry ing *ater ami making fires to persons who examined La ma. ’s compilation, 20 —I. Q(l Lamar, for copying and arranging of the Laws and Resolutions of this State, from IS 10 to 18 9, inclusive, tlie same b. mg award d by Whi taker, Huitcman, Mansell and Camak, 3000 -ipiil 16—Laban Hargroves, for carrying laws and journals cf 1820, and laws of Congress, to I6lli Congress, 134 27—Horatio Gtv Cs, do do do i do 18th do 129 50 -I fay 1— Benjamin Hall, do do do . 12 th do 48 7—A. Hammond, Civil and Mill tary Commissions, Writs Dedi- ‘ mus Potestalcm, Ulaok Bonds, kc during 2d quaiti-r. 353 —Peter Fair, for his Messenger to the ExecuOTt, 2d do 100 July 9—Ginn & Curtis for Bound Books, lor Extcutivo Office, 4% V J t ■ , Secretary of State, and Sur- 2S veyor General, r - Blank Bonds. fc?c. during 3d 1 quarter, 234 50 —Peter Fair, for his pay as Messenger to the Executive, 3d do b 100 \ovember 3—A. Hammond, for Civil & Military Commissions, Writs of Dedimus Potaslau m, Blank Bonds, &c. during 4lh quarter, 228 30 —Peter Fair, for his pay as Messenger to Executive, 4th Total Amount—s 46 864 99} The Conimittee on Finance beg leave further to report, that upon a very slight review of the foregoing statement, and particularly under the head of Peniten tiary, it vi ill readily be perceived, that he expenses for conveying convicts to the Penitentiary, are unequal, and beg leave to recommend to the Legislature to pass a law t;j regulate and equalize the pay <>t Sheriff and other?, conveying convicts to said Penitentiary. And the Committee on Finance repom and solicit the consideration ofthe Legis lature to tba' part of ibis report, under the head of ALU ary. It will be found by arts fence to the Hem, that large and considerable sums are annually drawn from the Treasury for tlie pay of Divi sion and Brigade Inspectors; the com nfttec believing that those Officers or Adjutant General are unnecetsaiy, and only producing a useless expenditure of the Public Funds. The Committee on Finance, therefore, recommend to the General Assembly to pass a law to abolish the .ppy of Division and Ihigade Inspec tors TJje Committee on Finance further re port, that in the Executive statement it appears, that two warrants have been drawn in favour of Giiantlasd & Oume, for the same services, and for the same copies of Clayton’s Georgia Justice, ui.d for iikey amount, and of the same date ; one of 's lid warrants drawn on (he Con tlocfUt Fund «f 1821 : They, however, be/lea'c to state, that from a commum- Q'jibu received tfom uts »».™.it—ti, c G.fernor, it appears, that this warrant was cn/iged by mistake twice, when in fact, huione was paid to Giiantlaho & Oiimx, vtrirfvu by the Executive in their favour, rrpttie amount state d. ind the Committee on Finance further nport, that it appears by the Executive statement, that the sum of $1212 was re -tinned by the Commissioners of the late llcu’y, hold ai tlie Indian Springs,to the Executive: That the sum of §531 12}, w s also returned to the Executive, by d|m iTON IlosstTsu, part of the money advanced him by the Executive, to ac complish the purchaeof lime, oil, &.c.— These sums do not app ar as forming any hem in the Treasurer’s account; and from information received f oin tlie 'Treasurer, it (us not been returned into his office; .but from information furnished by the ex ecutive, upon a call, it appears by exhibits of A. B C. and D. and the account cum m fere'o annexed, which is to be taken a;..d considered as part of this report, shews in what manner the money has been ap plied. Statements A. B. C. and JL». I’CfCj i l«.\ tw «*-..* ti Knvo r~*j State of Georgia, Bo't of A. Rotseier. 1 Cask Vene tian Red. 598 93—505 lbs a 12 1-2 63 12^ 6 Barrels Linseed Oil, 36 1-2—12 36 36 12-1-2 35 1-2—l-2 56 1-2 37 1-2 218 1-2—l} out 217 gal «1 25 271 25 100 Kegs London Ground White Lend, a 4,<5 425 00 6 Krgs Venetian Red, (ground in oil) a 400 39 00 Amount, $ 795 37} Milledgeville, 2Qlh March, 1821 Received pax ment, (Signed) APPLETON ROSSETEB (B.) Miner of Georgia, To Appleton Ilosseter, Dr. Sept. 10—15 Barrels cammed Pluister Paris, a 4.50 §67 50 Freight on do fi-.m New York, a75 11 25 Wharfage on do. in Savannah, a 4 cts. 6 ) Storage, do. for 2 weeks, a 32 4 80 Freight, do. from Savannah to this place weighing 5250 tbs. a $ 2 per hundred, 105 00 § 139 15 Commission a 2 1 2 per ct. 4 7. } $193 87} Sept, 11—27 lbs. Pot Mrttal, ■for casting Weights for the windows, o 10 cents. 2 70 21—25 lbs. Glue, a 37} 9 37} I Barrel Whitening, 343 lbs a 10 34 30 31—1 Bottle Sweet oil, 150 12 »bs Turpentine Soar, a25 ' 300 Oct. 9—16 ibs. Rosin, a 12} 200 7 Ibs. Bees Wax, 2 18^ 5 Bottles Sweat Oil, a 1,25 6 05 10—25 Casks Stone Lime, a 4,50 112 50 Freight from Savannah to Darien, a 50 12 50 Freight from Darien to to .Milledgeville, weigh ing 9500 lbs ix 1,00 per cwt. 95 00 II luling from Boat Yard 25 casks, a 25 6 25 Cooperage, 25 C. <x 121-2 3 12 1.2 Paid comm t sion in Sa vannah, 213 pr cen ! . 2 81} 27—10 lbs. "Nails for cor nish, a 15 1 50 S 488 87 1-2 The aho*? Tlollws eighty seven ami a j nkrf cems, paid out of the eighteen hun dred dollars received on the warrant drawn in my favor tire 20th of March last, ( the 3d November, 1821 s (Signed) AFFLKTON RO SETT Ell j . 1 The following are the articles remaining on hand of those furnished for the Stele, by Appleton Hosseter, Esq. to- J wit: i 1 Cask Venetian Red, 598 93 . 505 lbs. 2i Barrels Linseed Oil, 36) 36) 18) 55 Regs London ground White Loud, 5 Kegs Venetian Red, ground m oil, 7 Barrels calcined Plaister Paris, 1> Casks Stone Lime, MHicdgeville, sth Ileember, 1821. (D. Surveyor General's OJlce. Received of Jons 11. Buoausax, a set of Field Notes, and a plan of six districts of Appling county, in this slate, which lias been represented in the Okelinocau swamp, as surveyed by him. (Signed) 1) VNIEL STURGES, Stir Gen State of Georgia , To John II Broadnflx, Ur. 1820. For making several surveys ss will ap pear below., agreeable to a resolution ts lie last Legislature, to explore the Oke liaocao swamp. Miles. Chains. 613 35 in meandering the swamp with oilseUs, 80 On District lines, 35 Up the Suwante river, 48 On Florida line with oft'setts, 13 Offsetting to the S. Commissioner's cn | campment, 494 Miles at § 5 per mile, $2)70 qq i necuioc noco io>. il,** hire and subsisiance of 5 men as , assistants 600 00 gIB7O 00 I do certify the above sur veys, us slated, are correct. (Signed) J. H. BROADNAX, GEORGIA —Milledof.ville, 1 a Ws do certify, that the above distance ’ of four hundred and ninety four milts, has been measured by John 11 Broadnax, I us above stated, for which he has render ed a plan and notes of the same, this the 16th December, 1820. (Signed) WILSON CONNER, Com*b. W ILLIAM CONE, Coai’ii. •, C'f'° be Continued.J S ’ii j From the St. Tammany's Magazine, s THE PRUSSIAN ‘SOLDIER, A STORY. There is a certain principle of oh -1 scurity, that accommodates the events in history and tradition, and me . —«-r,horf»d transactions of childhood, to the poet’s lyre, roo much truth seems to blight the as pirations of fancy : facts must be remodelled in the cast of the imagi nation, before they can partake of the sublimity of fiction. Our own country abounds with incidents, as well traditionary as re corded, that are continually solici ting the mind of fancy to describe them ; and even the events and the agents in our revolutionary strug gle, have already put on an autum nal character—fast fading from our remembrance ; and in proportion as they cease to be familiar, do they increase in dignity and importance. The actors of that glorious epoch j are, one after another, stealing si lently to the grave ; and, in a few years, not an eye-witness will be left to the declaration of independ ence, or the retreat of our despond ing forces across the Delaware! How much cherished and venerated will he, in a little time, the solitary individual who shall survive his compatriot witnesses of those great events ! The soldier who fougiit at Bl eed’s Hill, or at Saratoga, will he honored by posterity as the pat riarch of the republic. Among those who have departed, and even a mong the broken down, hopeless relics of the army, there was much to arrest the imagination, and to de light the mind in retrospect. I re member, when a child, to have had my attention attracted towards several of those forlorn pilgrims to eternity, who have now sunk into the tomb forgotten ; many of them bore the scars of the great cause, to remind their country, that they had deserved well of the bounties she might be disposed to bestow on them. It is the/ate of war to make many beggars among those enlisted under her banner, and for thirty years after the revolution the maim ed soldier was the most common ■ subject of charity that asked a pit tance at your door. Hundreds of foreigners, that had either become connected with our army by the chances of war, or had been left be hind on the evacuation of the Brit ish troops, were 4o he seen, strol ling through the villages of the in terior, in wretchedness, incapable of imitating the natives in returning from the tented field to the pursuits of agriculture, or of relinquishing i the habits of the soldier for the toils J of the woodman. There was, in my childhood, among these unhappy sullerers, a man called by the' vil lagers, and known among the child ren of the neighborhood—(and children, from whatever cause, seem ever to take deeper interest in such matters,) by the name of Philip, the Prussian. He had been attached to the Hessian mercea naries sent out here to aid in sub jugating the colonies, and after the memorable slaughter at lied-bank, had deserted to the American camp. On the termination of the war, he wandered about the villages of N. England ; and although he receiv ed at every door he knocked at, a icaity welcome, and a generous supply to his wants, Philip was never known to ask either, For more than twenty years, he march ed ins regular rounds through half a dozen towns in Connecticut, and as regularly as day succeeded to night, with his pack thrown ever Ids shoulders to renew his unwear ied marchings, and ever-constaat visiting*. The houses of officers under whom he had served, were tiie places of Ids resort, where he enjoyed something like what the ancient feudatories in Europe par took, under the roof of their liege lords : For military government is completely despotic, and the soldier, on being disbanded, could entertain no other feelings towards his former commander, than those of a vassal towards bis superior. 1 can, even now,seem to see the little soldier, trudging along the highway, with hasty steps, and bending head, with no other companion than his pipe, and his oaken staff.—There was not a child to whom he was nut known, as well on acconat of the singularity of his appearance, as by the kindness of his demeanour. Partial to his former pursuits, per haps from their having formed the profession of his youth, lie still wore the remnant of his military 1 uniform—an hussar coat, and tbo f remains of a cap, that had once beeu surmounted with bear-skin, project* ing its front piece over his small, animated grey eyes, and shaggy brows. His wallet, which had onca ; been a soldier’s knapsack, was at tached, in a manner peculiar to him* self, to his forehead. His pipe, constantly in his mouth, vomiting forth clouds of smoko : and, when he would renew its fuel, he paused under the shade of the wide spread ing oaks, by the road side, and if occasion demanded rest to his wear ied limbs, he stretched iimsell to repose beneath their canopy. In the early settlement of N. Eng land, certain trees distinguished by their size and beauty were reserv ed from the general destruction of the forest for laud-marks, and ex positors of boundaries. In the scene of poor Philip’s wanderings, there were many of these;, venera ble trees, stretching their wide-ex tended arms over the roads, and inviting to repose the traveller and pilgrim. One of the solitary survivors o the woods, which had reigned with its progenitors for centimes —aye, many centuries, in undisturbed do minion of tbe soil-—spread its ex uberant foliage on every side, at the corner of two roads ; its branches stretching forth from the parent trunk in every direction, like a radii from a common centre. Here the I remnant of the Indian tribes, which I dwelt in the neighbourhood, were I accustomed, when passing on their I hunting excursions from the valley's I of the south to the wilds of the north, I to repose themselves in the shade, I —perhaps through a secret sympa- I thy springing from simi-arity of for- H tune. This venerable survivor of m the ancient forest* has Jong sinrai® shared the fate of its youthful con- ■ temporaries; but, even now, it is I 1 ’ no uncommon spectacle, to witness I the Indians slumbering upon the I green carpet by the remains of the I oid oak’s trunk! Here, too, the I little Prussian soldier was accus-J turned to refresh himself, alter a toil-1 some inarch -beneath a summer si sun. How often have I crept be-l hind thc'wall, screened from the (nwl voller’s view, and peeped through* Iho crevices to sec him light ‘hisH pipe, with his magical dint and steel and listened to his tremulous voice* as he sang in solitude some rnarliaß air in his native tongue, revolving on the incidents ol iufagH cy ! Poor Philip! he has long sine® rejoined the companions ofhis chddß hoot! ! His head, whitened with frosts of seventy winters, and bovvcß down with the toils of war, has lonß since reposed, for the last lime, oB the lap ofhis parent earth! | Whether his adopted country pn* vided for his maintenance, i hooß not : but bis military habits wouß not have permitted him to he MB tionary., had he been blessed will* place where to lay his bead; at in summer, —and, ptrlmps. *B same baliits reconciled Inn; to Continement of winter, but, B soon as the ice dissolved he fore tB returning sun, and tiie dl'vshp JB forth its blossoms by hie streanm B side, the little soldier renewed B journeying campaign, ccd was h:B