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ill I S 41 !•: !. L I N V.
Zt.'/cn,) ihe SatA’iil'ty Cornier,
ill EM; A SWINT QLAIR.
BY j. t;. u :ur i:::;a.
TT< nry Si. Clair'! I'fow nf flu men.io;. A"
■that name a thousand drisims of frit , h<(.ship,
ami youth—and of this rally ami ‘beautiful
tMtiociiiliomt which linger like invisible spirits
arottml us, to In: called into view -only byl
the maoie.il iiillmutre of memory, are awa
‘keued • I Imv does ithe gl.mee of ■rrtrospcc-'
nion go back to the dim images of the past
'from the bampiet hall and the pleasant festi
val, down to the silent unbroken solitude of
, tl o tontb.
\\Vo wvove as brothel's iu ehilllhorod —rSt.
'('lait and myself,— brothers 100 in the Uuwn- .
•mg of manhood; and a more ingenuous and
liigli-mimlt d friend I miver knew. Yet he
was strangely proud-r-not of the world's gifts
wealth, i'aimly and lea ruing- but ol his'
■ iiitvllectnnl power—of the great gilt of 'mind
which he possessed—4he anletH anil lofty
spirit xv‘lmcli '*.ho\t"n out of his every action.
And ho might well be proud of such gifts. 1
never knew a finer mind. It was as the em
bodied spirit of poetry itself, the beautiful ■
liome<of high and glorious aspiration-!.
Hebfy St. ('lair wes never nt heart a Chris
tian. illeißcVtr enjoyed the visitations of
that ‘pur-? -atYl blessed influence, which comes
into the siltMHx; Mid .•loneliness of the human
4k)so4»i, ‘tot build up nneAv tbe broken altars of
its faith, ntabrevive the drooping flowers of,
4ts deeolateH aflVctiotis. lie loved the works I
of the great God with the love of an enthusi
ast. Ikit'beyoml the visible and outward
i forms —the passing magnificence of the hea
wens-—the beauty and grandeur nf.the. earth, j
nml the illittubabkwork! of V.-atets, his vision f
never extended. 'His spirit never overlooked I
the clouds which surrounded.it, u>.catch the 1
glimpse of the better Mid more’boanitful land.
I need not tell the story of his youngxyears. I
It has nothing to distinguish it from a thousand |
.others. It is the brief and suiwty biography
of one upon whose pathway the sunshine of
1 happiness rested, unshadowed by a passing
cloud. We were happy in our friendship—
but the time of manhood came; and we were
I parted by our different interests, and by the
< opposite tendency of circumstances peculiar
t to'each other.
lit was a night in autumn—a coM-starless
• evening—l remember it with painful distinct
, ne«s,..although year after year has mingled
with eternity,—that 1 had occasion to pass in
.my way* hatnawtacd, through one of the dar
jkeat and loneliest alleys of any native city.—
. anxious to reach my dwoUirg,.! was hurrying
, eagerly forward, .whan* I smldenly
* seised by (he arm; and a voice close in my
♦ car whispered hoarsely—‘Stop—nor you are a
dead man'.’ .
II turned I heafd ll»e cocking oi
ta pwwi, .and saw by a faint gleam from a
MwighboHog window-, the tall ligureef a man
—one hand grasping my left arm, the other
.foldinga weapon at niy breast'
1 know not what prompted me to resistance;
I was unarmed, and altogether unacquain
ted with the struggle of mortal jeoparday.
But I did resist—and, one instant 1 saw my
.assailant in the posture 1 have described, —
the next, he was disarmed and writhing be
.neath.me. It seemed as if an infant’s strength
could have subdued him.
‘Wretch!’ I exclaimed, as I held his own
.pistol to his bosom, ‘what is your object?—
Are you a common midnight robber —or bear
.you .aught of private malice towards Roger
A listen ?’
‘Allston!—Roger Allston’’ repeated :tbe
wretch beneath me, in,a voice which sounded
like a shriftk, as he struggled hall upright
even against his threatening pistol. ‘Great
God!’ has it come to this ? Hell has no pang
like this meeting'! Shoot!—he exclaimed, and
there was a dreadful earnestness in his man
ner, which sent the diet blood of indignation
.cold and ice dike upon m.y heart. ‘Shoot 1
you were once any friend —in mercy kill me!’
A horrible suspicion flashed over my mind.
:I felt a sudden sickness —and the pistol .fell
from my hand'
‘Whoever you may lie/sa.ii the robber, as
with some difliculiy he regained his feet, ‘even
/you have forgotten me. Even you refuse the
only mercy man can render me—the mercy
of death —of utter annihilation!’
Actuated by a sudden and half-defined im
pulse, I caught hold of the stranger’s arm,
and huriied him towards the light ol a street
lamp. It fell full upon his ghastly and death
.ike features, and on his attenuated form, and
his tagged apparel. I’realhless and eagerly
‘I gazed upon him,.until ho trembled beneath
the set ttliny. tl pressn! my hand against my
brow for I fell my brain whirl like the com
ing on of delirium. I could not be mistaken.
The guilty wretch before me was the friend
of my \outh —6uc whose-rnemony .1 had'Cher
i.sh<il as the holiest legacy of the t pnst. 11
was Henry St. Glair! Yes—it was St. Clair
but how changed since last we had com
j niunion with each other! Whore was the
I Io »k of intelligence, anti the visible -scat ol
iiiicllect —thc ; tu <u'jty of person and mind ?
Gone—and gone forct er to give place to the
/foathsom-'nes.j of a depraved and brutal appe
tite— to the vile tokens of a disgusting senst
bi lit v apd :he deformity of disease.
‘■'Wei! may -you shiK-klcp,’’said St.<Clair, I i
am.fit only for die companionship of demons; <
but you cannot long be cursed by my pres
ence. .1 have not tasted food for many days ;
—dnmger drave.mc to attempt your .robbery
—lbut,l| feel that lam a dying iu.nn. No hu
man power can 4;ave me, —and if there lie a
Goll, even’he cannot save me fnmi mysclf—
from the undying horrors of remorse.”
Shocked by his words, and still more by '
the increased ghastliness of his countenance, !
I led the wretched man to my dwelling, and, j
after convening diitn to bed, and administer
ing a cordial to his fevered lips, I ordered.a
physician to be called. Bui it was too latc;-
thc hand of death was upon him. He motion
ed me to liis after the physician had
d.qMfte'd; he strove to speak, but the words
died upon ibis lips, He then drew from his
bosom a letter addressed to myself. It was
his lust effort. lleslarted half upright in his
| )( . ( | —uttered on« groan of horror and mortal
siidering, and sunk back, still and ghastly,
‘upon his pillow. lie was dead.
I followed the remains of my unhappy
•friend to the narrow place appointed for all
the>h\ ing—the damp and cold churchiyard.
I b-i’eathctl to.no one the secret of bis .name
and his guilt. I left nio slumber with him.
! d how referred to the paper which had been
j hooded me by the dying man. With a tretn
i bling hand I bioke the seal ol lite envelope,
atyd reiwl the lotlowing a’ddressed to.myself:
“If this letter ever reaches you, do not seek
to lin'd its unhappy writer, lie is beyond the
•reach of your noble generosity—a guilty and
j a dying uian. Tdo not se*k for life. ‘There
j is nohope for my future existence —and death
; —dank, and terrible, and mysterious as it may
; seem, is'less to be dreaded than the awful re
j alities with which I am surrounded.
“1 have little str ngth to tell you the story
lof my full. Let me be brief. You know
we parted from each other. You know the
I lofty hopes and the towering feelings of ambi
-1 lion, which urged me from your society—from
• ;tbe enjoyment of that friendship, the memory
of which has ever since lingered like an up-
• bnuling spirit, at my side' I arrived at my
II place of destination; ami aided by the intro.
■ i ductory epistles of my family, I -was at once
I i received into (he first and most fashionable
i ' circles of the city.
- i “I never posseted those principles ol vir-
- j tue and moral. dignity, the effect of which
j i has been so conspicuous in,your own charac-
I ter. Amidst the flatteries and attentions of
■ I those around me, and in the exciting pursuit
i of pleasure, the kindly voice of admonition
• was unheard; and I became the gayest of
f the gay; a leader in every scene of fashiona.
i blc .’diisipiufop. The ptinciples of my new
i companions were those of infidelity, and I
r embraced them with .my .aylwlo soul. You
know mv fonner disposition to doubt—that
; doubt was now changed into a settled unbelief
VV i s <1 o in , J u s t i c c,- a ii d .Mode r’a l i on.
ROXIE, FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 31, 1838.
and a bitter 'hatred towards all which I had
once been tauglrt to believe sacred and holy.
“Yet amidst the beautiful principles which I
had imbibed, one honorable fee'ling'Still linger
ed in my bosom, like a beautiful angel in the
companionship -of demons. There was one
being, a young and lovdy creature, at whose
shrine all the deep affections of my heart were
poured out, in the sincerity of early love.
She was indeed a beautiful girl—a being to
bow down to and worship—pure and higli
thoughted as the sainted ones of paradise,
I but confiding and artless as a child. She_
possessed every advantage of outward beauty
—ibut.it was not that which gathered about
her, as with a spell, the hearts of all who
knew her. It was the light of her beautiful
mind, which lent the deep witching of soul to
j her fine countenance flashing in her eye, and
I playing like sunshine on her lip, and crossing
hertfuiv fordhead with an intellectual halo.
i “Allston! I look back to that spring-time
of love even at this awful crisis of my des. ■
•tiny, with a strange feeling of joy. .It is the
• only green spot in the wilderness of the past- j
an oasis in the desert of being. She loved
me, Allston—and a heart more precious than
the gems of the east, was given up to a
wretch unworthy of its slightest regard.
“Hitherto pride rather than principle had i
yet kept me above the lowest degradation ol j
sensual indulgence. But for one fatal errorll j
might have been united to the lovely being of |
my affection; and oh ! if sinless purity anti j
persuasive love could have had power over a !
mind darkened and perverted as my own, I 1
might have been reclaimed from the pathway •
lof ruin—l might have been 'happy.
i “But that fatal error came; and came-too, :
■ in the abhorrent shadoof loathsome drunken- I
ncss- (shall never in time, or eternity for- '
; get that scene; it is engraved on my memory
Jin letters of fire. It comes up before me like
j a terrible dream—but it is a dream of reality.
It dashed from my flips the cup of happiness,
and fixed forever the dark aspect of destiny.
“I had been very gay, for there were hap
py spirits around me; and 1 drank freely and
fearless for the first time. There is some
thing horrible in the first sensation of drun
kenness. For relief I drank still deeper—
and I was a drunkard,'! was delirious, I was
happy. I left the inebriated assembly, and
i directed my stops, not to my lodgings, but to
the home of her whom 1 loved —nay, adored,
above all.others. Judge of hor surprise and
consternation when 'I entered'With a flushed
countenance and unsteady tread! She was
reading to hcraged parents, when with an id
iot’s grimace 1 approached her. She started
from her seat —one glance told her the fatal
: truth; and she shrunk from me—aye, from '
; me, to tvhom her vows were plighted, and
hher young affections given—with fear, with
, loathing, mid undisguised abhorrence. Irri
tated at her conduct, I approached her ruddy,
and snatched from her hand the book which
she had been reading. I cast it into the
•flames, which rose brightly from the hearth.
It was ihe volume-which you call sacred. I
saw the smoke of its consuming go upward
‘ like a sacrifice to the demon of intemperance,
and there even there, by the Christian fire
side, I cursed the book and its author.
“The scenowhieh follows beggared descrip
tion. The shriek of my betrothed—-her sin
king down in a state of insensibility—-the i
tears of maternal anguish-the horror depicted
■on the countenance of the old man-—all these
throng even now confusedly over my memory. ’
1 staggered to the door. The reception ,1
had met with, and the excitement thereby
produced, had obviated in some measure the
effect of intoxication; and reason began to
assume its. empire. The full round moon was
up in the heavens—and the stars—how fair, how
beautiful they shown down at that hour! I
had loved to look upon-the stars-those bright
and best evidences of a holy and all-perva-.
duig intelligence; but that, night their grand- ,
ear and exceeding purity came like-u curse to
my weary vision. 1 could have seen those ‘
bbeautiful lights extinguished, and the dark
aight-cloud sweeping over flic fair face of the
sky, and have smiled -with grim satisfaction,
for the change Yvould have been in unison,
with my feelings.
“Allston ! I have visited, in that tearless
agony wich mocks ftt consolation, the grave
lof my betrothed. She died of a broken heart.
From that momer.r, all is dark, am! hateful,
and loathsome in my his'ory. lam reduced
to poverty,-! am bowing to disease-I am with
out a friend. I have 4»o longer the-means of
subsistence; and starvation may yet antici
pate die fatal termination of she disease
which is praying upon me.”
Such is the tile of the onc< gifted and noble
l' St. Clair. I Let (he awful lesson it teaches
> sink deep in (he hearts of Uic young and ar
i dent of spirit.
r
;From the Saturday Evening Post'
Th following narrative is communicated by
I a valuable correspondent, and has the merit
i es being in strict conformity to truth in its
L jdetails. The story was related to the writer
P; by those who were immediately engagedin
the transactions it records, and .whose verac;- 1
ty and intelligence cannot be doubted.
A F A T A L S I L V E R B U L L E T .
A TRUE STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.
Jn the surnmef and jiutumn of 1777, while
Sir William Howe, with a fleet and part of
the royal army were lying at New-York,
Gen. Burgoine vvfth his army were advan
cing from Canada towards Albany."
The object and design of the enemy were
to possess themselves of Luke Chainplain,
with the whole of the Hudson, and thereby
cut off all intercourse and cominunication be
tween the Eastern and Southern States. For
the purpose of watching the motions and an
noy,ing the operations of the hostile armies,
| General Washington had directed small bod
' ,‘es of troops to be stationed at Fish I\lill. Red
hook, Greenbush, and several other places on
the East side of the river, between New-York
and Albany, with strict orders to take up and
down the river, either by land or water, and
if detected o r espoinagc, or employed in com
municating information between the British
armies, to be punished according to the rules
of war.
About the first of September, a pedestrian ,
passed northwestwardly, was hailed and stop
ped by a sentinel ol the guard stationed at
j Red-hook, and commanded by Capt. John j
I Mansfield, of Connecticut. The man was
! about 30 .years of age, and clothed in the!
Inhabit of a farmer. Lie .was.conducted to the
guard house. Capt M. inquired of him his
name, the place of his iresidenco, as well as
that to which he was going, his business thare,
| &c. He replied by giving a name, and sta
lled that he belonged to the place below Red
’ hook, and was a farmer-that he was now on
! his way to the next town above, with a view:
to purchase a pair of oxen from a ifarmcr of
his acquaintance living there. ’He was asked
whether he had about him any letter or other,
communication from Lord. Howe, or any oth
er British officer of New Y ork, addressed to j
Gen. Burgoync, or any-officer in his army?,
To .which ihe promptly answered in the ,nega
tive. Capt. M. then told him that such were
the orders of his superior officer that it bc
■ camc his duty to -search the person of every
traveller under similar circumstances; to,
which ho replied he had no objection to being
searched- Capt. AL then ordered two or
three .of the guard to take off his coat and
examine pockets, folds, and every 7 other part
critically. While this was doing, one of |he
guard observed the prisoner lo pass his hand
with a quick motion from 1 his vest pocket to
i his mouth, and by the motion of hts chin
i seemed to be swallowing something that “went
I down rather hard,” as be expressed himself.
| The-search however, continued and was fin
j ished, without any discovery which would
justify the farther detention of the prisoner.
Captain HL was then informed of the-suspi
cious circumstances noticdl by the guard.
What was now to be done? Strong suspi
cion had attached itself lo the stranger, but
no positive proof had yet appeared against
him. An expedient soon suggested itself to
the ready thoughts of our Yankee Captain,
lie observed to the prisoner, “we have de
tained you on your journey for some length
of time, and subjected you to a pretty strict
: examination. I feel bound by the rules of
I civility to treat you to a bowl of toddy,‘be
fore you proceed on, and if you will drink
with us you shall be made welcome.” 'The
man was pleased with the invitation, and
readily agreed io accept it. The Captain
took upon himself the office of bar keeper.,
and soon prepared the toddy. To make it;
genuine and answer the purpose for which he
wanted it, he stirred in a good and sufficient •
dose of emetic itartar- Our soldier being
thirsty and somewhat fatigued with travelling,'
drank very freely of the beverage, while the
. Capt- and others present barely tasted and
; passed it round-
> A free conversation soon commenced bc
i tween the stranger and hiane.w acquaintances.
He inquired of Capt. M. the number of men
under his command, and at the different milita
ry stations above Redhook, -whether they
•were furnished ,with field pieces or. any,kind
of cannon—what number of cen'.inels • were
placed on the watch at a time—how often,
and at what lime in the night they relieved.
Ac. Ac. About 12 or 15 minutes after the
toddy went round arid went down, our
guest began Xo grow pale, and looked
. .wild; “something,” said he, “is the matter
xvith me—l feel very sick at my sirMnaco a.I
at once ” He rose immediately from h.s seat
and went out into the wood-yard, where a
quantity of chips were lying, and soon began
to evaouutc his stomach, tie was carefully
watched by Capt. M. and several of the
guard, and was seen by them to draw with
his foot a parcel of the chips qvei-(he mat
iter emitted from his stomach, before he re
i turned into the house. M- diroctec a
search to be made among the chips, where
was soon found a silver ball of the size, ol ■*
i small musket bullet, made by two pieces of
- very thinly plated silver bent round and light
iJv soldered together- Inclosed in this feta!
Vol- I.—IVO 11-
1 bullet was found a letter, on a -sheet of silk
paper signed by Lord Howe, addressed to Gen
Burgoyne, giving information respecting the
situation of the royal fleet and army at New
York, and requesting advice from the Gene
ral by'the bea-rer; vvfiat progress he was ma
king with the army under his command to
ward Albany; at which place rhe,hoped soon to
meet him. But the deciphering and reading
the letter presented another puzzle to the
Yankee Captain. It,commenced in the words
and figures following viz: “M 6 d2lr S3r, bO
th2 c2lrlrv y 45 w3ll 124 m,” ,Ac. After a
little examination and study, however, the dif
ficulty was overcome. It was discovered that
the arithmetical figures up to six inclusive
were substituted for our vowels, thus, al, e2,
i 3, 04, u 5, yG. The key being now found,
immediately unlocked the -whole contents of
the silver bullet. The bearer of course was
■ continued in custody, and a .court martial
speedily formed, by whom, on the clearest
evidence of guilt, the unfortunate prisoner
was convicted, sentenced and executed.
Convention of Scientific Men.J--We
learn from the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal, that at a.meeting of the Convention
!of the Massachusetts Medical 'Society, on
Wednesday, the 7th inst., some resolutions
were introduced by D.r. J. .V. C. Smith, i<--
I commending that in view of the -splendid
i achievmenisin science, resulting from the uni
ted efforts of the learned, in Europe, a gen
eral -national cqnvqntion of scientific.men, L<
! held at specified seasons, for the interchange
of opinions, and for concentrating their la
bor; believing that it would not rOnly tend
to dcvclopc the resources o/ the new world,
but would also advance the cause of human
i happiness. iXIso that a committee should be
appointed by the council, whose duty it s-hail
be to propose to ail the .known literary and
scientific societies.in the United States, to send
: delegates, on some .specific day .the,ensuing
autumn, to the most convenient and .central
place in the Union, for the purpose of organi
zing a national scientific association. And
that the said committee be authorized to ex
tend invitations to distinguished individuals in
foreign countries, to encourage, by theii
presence and co-qparafion. the great object
• contemplated in the .establishment : pf this,im
portant national institution..
Caleb Quotem. An -Ohio paper adver
tises for a gcod practical printer, who would
take the charge of the mechanical department
of a printing office, read proof, .make selec
tions, scribble a paragraph when necessary,
rock the cradle, dig potatoes, cut wood, and
go with, the gals to. sipging school, qnd.pcigli
bqrTood quiltings-
| We understand that a gentleman in a neigli
boring town having taken a drop and a half
of the celebrated -Matchless Sanative,, jdiscov
eredbythe immortal Louis Gfion <G<?elicke,
an<l of which one drop is a close for
man, fell asleep iu bis chair anil the next mor
ning there was nothing left but diis »boois.
buttons anil breast-pin ? A lobedia .emetic
was immediately administered lo (he;boots,
and in less than half an hour the.gentleman
was thrown up although considt>rably<deboli
tated. One drop of Sanative (the regular
dose) was then given him, the visrvotim waH
xvory .soon restored, be ate seven,pounds of
beef stake for dinner, and tiie next day .was a
well man ! Those who doubt •this storv, if
they will call on the gentleman, can have
, ti e privilege of examining the boots.
"Editorial Apology.—The editor of the
Tuscarawas publishes th -.folloyving apolpgct
|.ical notice:
The absence of the editor for part of the
week, is offered as an apology forfbcjvant
!of originality in our columns- .Being,y;iga
' ged jn thratiiing out our ieiedt, to pay,our
debts, we have no time to thrash a few case-
I hardened politicians, who wan' O/jt
i, badly.
■ ttorieSj Lui , not true. — A poor beg
I trotter recently from life ixnerahl Isle, entered
; one of the coffee houses, and begged thorn
to give Lima booe to gnaw; ‘for, sard be, ‘I
have never cat a devil of <i bit ineat since 1
! came from ould . I relaud, except a. roast pota
■ to, which I can show ye my baity, for’.lis n
I my pocket. Cincinnati Scu;/:
Irish' from Shakespear ;1-
rishman complaining lo one of his employers
that'bo had been slandered as fond of .whis
key, added-“Th ire’s nauthen I’d punish,worst,
nor defamation. He as stecls my , money,
(that’s Shnkaper’) steels
him as gms hold of my character, robs, me of
w’iat’s no use io him at aiL and .what would, f
. I do viddout it 7 ”
£asy.-To live upon nothing and borrow, t/ia.'
i ! Louisrille Times.
f: —, —
N< S'sense.~Twr> young
! other.