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POETRY.
Fi^m thr V'.? : tor and Telegraph.
DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND
GOMORRAH.
A sound of mirth was heard by night,
It- merry i rials rang high,—
And conn, and dauce, and sinful rite
Da le the w.ng’d moments fly,—
Glad Sodom, in her pomp and pride
Gave up her soul to glee,
And proud Gomorrah by her side
Rang with the revelry.
Thy streets, Zeboim, too were glad,
Glad with unholv mirth—
And Admah r s drunken sons were mad,
And ruled upon the earth.
The night passed on—The torch’s light,
Flash far from tower and wall,
And gay forms, gliding to the sight,
Glanced bright from bower to Halit
The morning came—and all was still
Save they, the warned from high,
Who fa c t toward the distant hill,
With Inlrried steps tlew bv.
Tin • son arose and fiercely swept
Along his red’ning path,
While Riot’s drunken sons still slept,
Nor dreamed of coming tv rath.
There is a dark cloud rolling on,
Sw ; ft as. a rushing flood;
Its heaving bosom, dim and dun,
Seems filled with flame arid blood!
It closes o’er them—tierce and fast
R“d streams of sulphur pour!
Lightning and smoke and fiery blast,
Mis with the thunder’s rear!
And hark a dark yell rends the skv!
Ten thousands shriek aloud 1
The cry of mortal agony I
Man struggling with his God !
Tis dorm I—th- cloud is rolled away—
But where, 0 where are ye?
"Jon d : rn, black lake alone can say,
Ye cities of the Sea!
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From Hazlitl’s Life of Napoleon.
LOUIS XVI.
The behaviour of Louis XVI. on his
trial was simple, manly and affecting.
He rested his defence chiefly upon a
positive denial of any know ledge of
the letters and documents that were
brought as proofs against him. His
advocates on this occasion, Malesher-
bes (who nobly volunteerd this service
on the refusal of Target,) Tronehet,
and Deseze, did themselves great and
lasting honor by their eloquence, intre
pidity, and disinterested zeal. The
Convention pronounced his condemna
tion by a majority of only twenty-six
voices out of above seven hundred.—
The smallness of this majority was
made a plea to set aside the sentence.
•‘Decrees are passed by a simple ma
jority,” said a member of the Moun
tain. “True,” it was replied, “but
decrees may be recalled, whereas
(he life of a man can not be recalled
Some were for relieving themselves
from (he responsibility by an appeal
to the nation, but this, it was thought,
would betray a distrust of the cause:
and might also bred a civil war.—The
sitting of the convention which con
cluded the trial, lasted seventy-two
hours. It might naturally be supposed
that silence, restraint, and a sort of re
ligious aw ; e would have pervaded the
scene; on the contrary, every thing
bore the marks of gaiety, dissipation,
and the most grotesque confusion.
The farther end of the hall was
converted into boxes,, where ladies in
a studied dishabille, swallowed ices,
oranges, liqueurs, and received the
salutations of the members, who went
and came as on ordinary occasions.—
Here the doorkeepers on the Moun
tain side opened and shut the boxes re
served for the mistresses of the Duke
of Orleans-Egalite; and here, though
every sign of approbation or disappro
bation was strictly forbidden,you heard
the long and indignant “Ha,ha’s!” of
the mother dutchess, the patroness of
the bands of female Jacobins, when
ever her ears were not loudly greeted
with the welcome sounds of death.—
The upper gallery reserved for the
people, was during the whole trial
constantly full of st rangers and specta
tors of every description, drinking
wine and brandy as in a tavern. Bets
W'ere made as to the issue of the trial
in all the neighbouring coffee-houses.
Ennui, impatience, disgust sat on eve
ry countenance. Each member seem
ed to ask whether his turn came next?
A sick deputy, who was called, came
forward, w'rapped up in his night-cap
and night-gown, and the Assembly,
when they beheld this sort of phantom,
laughed. The figures passing and re
passing, were rendered more ghastly
by the pallid lights, and that in a slow
and sepulchral voice, only pronounc
ed the word Death; the Duke of Or
leans hooted, almost spit upon, when
he voted for the condemnation of his
relative; others calculating if they
should have time to go to dinner before
they gave their verdict, while the wo
men were pricking cards with pins in
order to count the votes; some of the
•deputies fallen asleep, and only waked
up to give their sentence; Manuel,
the secretary, trying to falsify a few
votes in favor of the unfortunate king;
and in danger of being murdered for
his pains in the passages; all this had
the appearance rather of a hideous
dream than of the reality.
When Maleslierbes went to carry
the tidings to the king, he found him
with his head reclined on the table,
in a musing posture, and he observed
to him at his entering, “I have been
for these two hours trying to recollect
what I have ever done to incur the
ill will of my subjects.” The very
endeavour showed goodness of heart
and a certain simplicity of character
but it would be long before one taught
from his childhood t6 believe that he
could do no wrong would find just
ground of offence in his behaviour to
his people. The execution of the
sentence was fixed for the 21st of Jan
uary, 1193. Louis mounted the fatal
scaffold with firmness: after adminis
tering the last sacrament his confes
sor addressed him, “Son of St. Louis!
ascend into heaven!” He, however,
manifested some repugnance to sub
mit to his fate, and would have ad
dressed the spectators, staggering to
one side of the platform for that pur
pose, when the drums beat, and he
was suddenly seized by the execution
ers, and underwent the sentence of his
judges. It is said that the indecent
haste and eagerness of these men to
complete their task arose from or
ders having been issued to the soldiers,
in case of any attempt to rescue, to
fire at the scaffold, and that they were
ifraid of being themselves despatched
if any alarm were given, or there were
tny symptoms of commotion among the
crowd. One person tasted the blood,
ivith a brutal exclamation, that it was
•‘shockingly bitter;” the hair and pie
ces of the dress were sold by the at
tendants.
No strong emotion was evinced at
the moment, the place was like a fair;
but a few days after Paris, and those
who had voted for the death of the
monarch, began to feel serious at
whatthay had done. Louis XVI had oc
cupied his time while in prison, where
his confinement was strict, chiefly in
consoling his wife and sister, and in-
struting his son.—He discovered nei
ther impatience, regret, nor resent
ment. The truth is, that great and
trying situations raise the mind above
tself, and {take out the sling of per
sonal suffering, by the importance of
(he refleclions and consequences they
suggest. He read much, and often
•everted to the English history, where
he found many examples of fallen
monarchs, and one among them con-
lemned like himself by the people.—
He was uttended during the whole
time, and in his last moments, by his
old servant Clery, who never left him.
The names-of those who are faithful in
misfortune are sacred in the page of
history! The queen followed her hus
band to the block, after an interval of
almost a year. There were cricum
stances of a dastardly and cold-blood
ed barbarity attending the accusation
against her. But the revolutionary
spirit had then attained its highest vir
ulence and fury. She expressed her
apprehension of being torn in pieces by
the mob on her way to the scaffold,
and was gravely assured by one of the
gendearrnes who accompanied her,
that “she would reach it without
meeting any harm!” It is an affect
ing incident, (hat just before she ex
pired. she turned round her head to
look hack at the Tuilleries, and then
laid her neck on the block.
ed ah in-wrought prayer at the throne
of grace. One of his striking figura
tive expressions was—“May we be
bound to Christ, in love as with a
strong chain of iron,” Another, “may
we with our fingers and hands take
hold of Christ.”
4Abraham, like the Patriarch of
old, is regular in bringing his morning
and evening sacrifices to the family al
tar. Sometimes there are many pre
sent, but company does not furnish
him with an excuse for omitting fami-
Frcm the Visitor and Telegraph.
THE CONVERTED CHOCTAW.
The following interesting account
of the power of the gospel on the heart
and life of an Indian residing near
Mayhew, we received a few days
since from the Rev. Mr. Butler, who
has been laboring during the past year
as a Missionary in the Western part
of the Mississippi.
“Jl/iy Dear Brother.—I am anxious
to tell you something about our old
friend Tun-up-in-chujf-a, whom we
call Ahraham. I think he more and
more deserves that name “being par
taker of his faith.” I just now called
upon him, and as I approached the
house, I heard music, not an Indian
pow-vvow—no—thanks to our Sa
viour—one of Zion’s songs, in the lan
guage of the Choctaws. When he had
finished we had a precious interview'
It was now 10 or 11 o’clock, and he
had spent most of the morning in prayer
and praise. The language of his heart
seemed to flow from his tongue to
this effect—“come and hear all ye
that fear the Lord, and 1 will declare
what he hath done for my soul.”
Heaven,” said he, in liis own lan
guage, “is near—it is not far off-—
know it is near! I fed it!” And i
gain “My mind has been dark; but light
has shone upon me from on High; I rc
joice.” “I have been going in the
way of sin, but the blessed Spirit of
the Lord has taught me, and put me
in the bright path, and washed my fi!
thy heart as with hot water.” Much
did this regenerated red man say with
peculiar earnestness; it was good to
hear him, & fervently did I wish that
all the friends of Missions could liave
been partakers with mo in the spir
itual repast. After singing he offer
prayer. Is it not animating to hear
such things of a poor old Choctaw?
He is about 50 years old—wss firmly
ivetted to the practices of'his nation
but for nearly a year has given evi
dence of a deep work of grace in his
heart. He has often recommended
the Religion of Jesus to his heathen
relatives and neighbors, and often too
the finger of scorn has been pointed at
him. He speaks and piays in public
meetings and can use no language but
the Choctaw.”
POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF
RUSSIA.
Man is in all countries the slave of
superstitions. Implanted in the cra
dle, nurtured with every feeling of the
mind, reason is not strong enough to
eradicate them; and the wisest and
the best, in common with the weakest
and the worst, bow to an influence
which they despise, but which they
must obey. In England and in most
parts of the continent of Europe, these
superstitions are kept out of sight; old
women and children only talk of them
men feel them—but are silent.—
In Russia they form too prominent a
part of the national character to be
concealed. An ingenious traveller
there says, he has met Russians who
abandon themselves to habitual drunk
enness, and all its disgusting conse
quences, without hesitation; but who
would have suffered martyrdom rather
than smoke tobacco, alleging, as area-
son, that sentence in the Holy Scrip
tures which says, that what enters the
mouth of man pollutes him not, but
only that which issues from it! Even
in the higher, and more enlightened
classes, many persons will at this day
be found, who cannot be persuaded to
eat pigeons, because they resemble
the form under which the Holy Ghost
is painted in the churches.
It. is a precaution very necessary to
be observed at table, by no means to
ask a friend to help you to salt; be
cause, unless he smiles as he gives it
he will inevitably quarrel with you.—
A stranger would also fall into a great
mistake, if he should think a child
pretty, and tell its mother so; for if
she did not immediately spit on the
child she would believe that this ad
miration would bring on it the greatest
disasters; and the luckless wight who
thought that he had recommended him
self to the mother’s good graces
would himself he detested by her.—
Monday is considered by them a most
unlucky day, and one on which nothin^
should he beguu. This is the only one
of the Russian popular superstitions
that I feel disposed to accord with;
and, as the creation of this breathing-
world of ours, was begun on a Monday,
it. may account for all the disasters
which have befallen it, from the del
uge to the present moment.
The captive African restored to liber
ty.—Letter from a gentleman of Nat
chez to a lady of Cincinnati.
Natchez, April 7th, 1828.
This letter will be handed to you
by a very extraordinary personage—
no less than your old acquaintance
Prince, (or Ibrahim,) who is now free,
and on his way to his own country,
where he was captured in battle near
ly forty years ago,. and has been in
slavery nearly the whole of that long
period, upon the plantation of Mr.
Thomas Foster, in this county. I am
much gratified to have been the in
strument ofhis emancipation, although
from his advanced age (sixty-six years)
he can but possess merely a glimpse
of the blessings to which he was enti
tled from his birth.
As I happen to have a leisure half
hour, I will give you a sketch of the
manner in which his liberation has
been brought about. You may recol
lect, that I frequently suggested to
him, that if he would write a letter to
his country, 1 would have it conveyed
for him to his own country. 1 think
it was early in the spring of 1826 that
he wrote his letter in my office, which
I directed to the care of our Consul
General at Tangier, (Capt. JohnMul-
lowny.) Thomas B. Reed, Esq. one
of our Senators, took charge of the
letter to Washington, from whence it
was sent by the department of State
to its destination. During last sum
mer I received a letter from the De
partment of State, informing me that
the letter had been forwarded, and a
translation of it returned; and 1 wa9
requested to inquire on what terms
Mr. Foster would liberate Prince, to
the intent that he might be returned to
his own country. On applying to Mr.
F.he agreed to give him up without a-
ny compensation, conditioned that he
should not enjoy his liberty in this coun
try. I informed the President of the
result of my inquiry, and a week ago
received a letter from Mr. Clay, ask
ing of me to complete the agency, and
to send Prince on to Washington city,
for which purpose I was authorized
to draw for a sum of money necessary
to defray the expenses of his journey,
and to clothe him if necessary. But
the poor old man, when the news w'as
communicated to him, that he was to
be free and returned to his country,
where he is, no doubt, a lawful king,
(of a country called Fimboo,) he look
ed at the old companion ofhis slavery,
the mother of his nine children—he
could not agree to part with her.—
She, too—how could she part with
him? she wished to follow him to
the end of world. What was
to be done? I had no authority to in
terfere as to her, and felt almost grie
ved that I had taken a solitary step in
the business, believing that the sepa
ration of the old couple would no
doubt accelaVate the death of both.—
However, it rejoices me to tell you
Isabella goes with Prince—they will
both call and see “Miss Sane,” as the
old man, you recollect, always called
you. I applied again to Mr. .Foster,
who is a truly amiable and worthy
man: he could not find in his heart to
separate his old and faithful servants,
and for a small sum (compared to the
value of Isabella, as ascertained) he
agreed to give her up. So soon as his
intentions were known, I requested a
young gentlemafi of the bar to head a
subscription paper for Prince, asking
of his friends to assist him to purchase
his wife. Two hundred dollars was
the sum required. In a very few days
he had a surplus of $95. Several gen
tlemen gave 10 dollars, one gave him
15, many gave 5, and very few gave
less than 1 dollar.
Prince lias also several certificates,
voluntarily given to him, ofhis uncom
mon good conduct for twenty-four
years. N. A. Ware, Esq. has kindly
undertaken to see him safe to Wash
ington City. I expect he will remain
three or four days in Cincinnati, & a?
he will call on you in all his finery, (I
have had an elegant Moorish dress
made for him,) and perhaps attract
some attention, I write you this long
history, that you may be enabled to
to give some account of your distin
guished visiter.
Prince is really a most extraordina
ry man—Born to a kingdom—well ed
ucated, for he now writes arabic in a
most elegant style—brought a slave
into a foreign country, he has sustain
ed a character for honesty and integ
rity which is almost beyond parrallel;
lie has been faithful, honest, humble &
industrious; and although he adheres
strictly to the religion of his country,
(Mahometism) he expresses the great
est respect for Christian religion, amf
nnd is very anxious to obtain a Tes
tament in his own language, that he
may read the history of Jesus Christ.
I wrote to the President to request
one for him, but that part of my let
ter was not answered. I am however
in hopes, if one is to be had M Wash
ington City, he will be gratified on his
own application for it.
Prince called to see us yesterday,
with his wife and sons, who are real
ly the finest looking young men I have
ever seen. They were all genteelly
dressed, and although they expressed
themselves pleased with the freedom
of their parents, therefwas a look of si
lent agony in their eyes I could not
bear to witness. I hoped the old man
would be able to realise his prospects
and regain his property, which if he
does, he says he can buy them free at
ten prices.
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The Tartar's Origin of -Earthquakes,
—Bell, who travelled among the Izc-
remisch Tartars, says, that earth
quakes there are attributed to the awk
ward attempts which are made by the
frog, who supports the globe, to'
scratch himself!
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