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IZulUtßy ON ’HIE DEA’IH OF A LIACKSMI’III With the nerve of a Sampson this sou of the sledge, By the anvil hie livelihood got; ’With the skill of old Vulcan could temper tn edge’ And struck while his iron was hot. By soroikg he liv’d, yet never was tried, Or condemned "by the laws of the land; But still it is certain and can't be denied, fko often was burnt in thk hand With the •6hfc df St Crisp n no kind red lie claim’d, With the i *sr lie hnd nothing to d<>; fclo handled no bWI. and yet in his tmni Made many an excellent blew tdp no doats of sedition, but sti'.i tlis bellows was always in blast; And I will acknowledge, (deny it who will) That one Viva, and but one lie possess’d. No actol Was he. of concerned with the ktag«| No audience to awe him sppeat’Ji Yet oft in his shop, (like r crowd in a rage) of • hISSino was heard. Thoup,lt STKEtINO of axes Was part of hi« Varet, In thieving he never was found; And though ho was constantly beating on barf, No vessel he e’er run aground. Alasand alack! and what more can I say Os Vulcan’s unfortunate son’ The priest and the sexton have berne him away, i And the sound of the hammer is dout’. raise K L I. A .11 . SCENES IN THE EAST, From an Office r’i Log Book. THE DESERTER. The discipline of oar ship was harsh and severe, without that only quality which can ewer render it tolerable—fair and equal justice, t hit commander was a fiery, passionate little hero; a great stickler for discipline, yet more petuleat and unreasonable, than linn or judi. cious. His crew were discontented, and de serted at every opportunity; and though, when retaken were punished with extreme severity, it did not cure the civil; nnd during our win ter al Smyrna, we lost some of our t»est men. Our vicinity to the town, the smoothness of tho water, darkened by the high hills that sur. round the bay, rendered it an easy feat for tlw* darmg tar to swim ashore, in spite ot the redoubled vigilance of the sentries and the of ticers of tlte watch. Tims many succeeded m eec*;Httg to the city, where they found ready sympathy, and concealment, among the reck -1«M honk of adventurers that infest thg pur lieus of Fraaktowu. Irritated at* the Loss of his men, Captain , far ftorn seeking to remove the cause of such delection, by ameliorating the condition of those on board, only became more unjust and tyranical. The men were regarded with suspicion, and degraded and spuit-broken with ; the lash; and the officers, treated without con fidence, were harrassed and disheartened, i The latter, too, were frequently punished for I the escape of the men, which it was out of ; their power to prevent; for in spite of all their ■caution, their vigilance would occasionally be baffled, in a night-watch, by the adroitness of the sailors. j This had been the fate of young Meadows. I One of our best men had escaped during iiis watch, and after a very stormy interview with our stormy commander, who seemed in truth 'one of those proud men, who “dressed in a little brief authority,” "like an angry ape, Play each fantastic tricks before heaven,, , As make the angels weep,” I was ordered to take me with him, and pro ceed to the city; the captain shouted after us, as we left the ship’s side, “Don’t come on board my ship again, until you bring that man —dead or alive!” An order that Meadows in tended to obey quite literally, being not a lit. tie mortified and indignant himself, that tho i man had baffled all his vigilance; and escaped ! during his watch. This deserter was a Maltese by birth, ard it was supposed had deserted from an English frigate at Gibraltar, where we picked him up. His square-built, powerful frame, gave indica tions of great strength, and the dark, sinister expression of his countenance, spoke of vin dictive passions, nod a cunning yet desperate nature. The sailor’s gossip gave him the cred it of having been a pirate in his time, and by the crew he Was generally feared and hated. Yet he was an excellent seaman, and a valua ble man in any emergency that required dar ing, energy, or skill. It was in the fore part of the day, when we set out in pursuit of Cudgel, which was the deserter’s name, and though we had partaken of no refreshment since our usual early break- i fust, tin? continued novelty and excitement of the scenes we passed through, ntid the spirit and earnestness of our chase, left us no time to think of our mere physical wants; so din. uvr time passed unregarded, nHd night Stole on, and saw us still absorbed in OUr fruitless search. Slighted nature, however, began to remonstrate. Hungry and exhausted, ami scarcely able to drag my leaden feet along the dirty streets and alleys, I at lust ventured to hint to my indefatigable* companion the pro . priety of seeking the “Old Europe,” fora j time, to recruit. Meadows bad a frame of too much eridu- I rance, and wn’a too deeply absorbed in the ' chaste, to have yet felt the same inconvenience; but at my proposition, he said, after a mo ments pause: “You aro right, my poor boy, I I did not recollect you were unused to such , duty as this. Well, let us go and get supper, : and then, if you still feel tired, you may turn ■ j in, while 1 look for that cursed Maltese alone; | i for have him 1 will, and that before morrting.” • 'l'lte generous fellow did not mean it, but he a little touched my pride; and I answered with a tone of pique: “Never mind, let us keep on. I don't want any supper now, and I can keep awake as long as yourself.” “Pooh? youngster,” said he, ‘‘you are too quick; don’t be offended; you know 1 did not mean to hint anything like that. To say the truth, 1 am devilish hungry myself, though it did not occur to tnc before yob mentioned it. I Bo let’s get supper, and then, if you choose, we will sally out again. As it is all Hi our way, wq will explore this villa nous “cut-throat nitty” again. Perhpas we may meet our gen tletnan on the road. So, kindly locking my arm in his own, he turned down the narrow street into-a dark dismal lane that zigzagged through a nest of low, wretched looking hovels, having barely width for two to walk abreast. Meadows was well acquainted with all the i intricacies of Franktown, fur he had often been on-such expeditions, through its misera ble by places. He now walked cohfidently on, saying: “This is called cut throat alley, it tolerably well deserves its name. Have your dirk ready, youngster, for I know not how soon you may have to use it.” j We had been through this alley with the agreeable name, before, during the day, but then we had hght to direct our steals; now it was in pitchy darkness, only relieved here and there by the glimmerings that proceeded from the crevices of the door or window, in some low mud hovel, from w hence caine frequent noises that betrayed the living wickedness which was fasting within. Up to our ankles in filth, wo stumbled on, as we best could, paying, no atteniion to the frequent shriek of distress, or the wild laughter of drunken mirth, that rose from those haunts of vice, where the earths offscourings held their un. hallowed orgies. At last, passing the half, opened door of one of these huts, Meadows, ! whose vigilance bad never for a moment slum bered, suddenly dropped my arm, and saying, VF isdo in, justice, and Moderation. ROME, FLOYD COUNTY GEORGIA, OCTOBER, 30 1838. ’in a low, startling tone, “Follow me!” sprang into the house. I It Was a long, lew, harrow room, whose ( bare, unplastered walls, and floor of hard-trod ' den clay, gave it a most desolate and comfort. : less appearance. In the centre, a rude ladder i communicated, through a trap door; with the ! apartment above. At the farther end, a group jof rough looking men were seated around a I table; so deeply engaged in some game they ’ Were playing, as not to notice our entrance. ■At the end nearest the door was a kind of “bar,” garnished with dirty decanters and i bottles, and lighted up with three or four grea- I sy candles.—Behind it stood a tali, attenuated, ' dark-looking man, with sunken fiery eyes, and a profusion of coarse black hair, covering the ] greater part of his swollow face. His attire •consisted of a blue woolen shirt, and dirty canvas trowsers, around which a large red shawl was girded, and a small Greek skull cap stuck on the top of his shaggy head. He looked up with a glance, half of inquiry, half of anger, as we entered. Meadows went di rectly toward him, and, : n a bold tone, said that we were American officers, in pursuit of a deserter, who was now in the house, as he had observed him running up the ladder, and we wished to go up and take him. The gaunt, dark looking personage, shrug ged his shoulders, and shook his head, growl ing some reply in his unintelligible lingua frunca. “Pooh!” said Meadows, turning im patiently to me, “we are loosing time in talk, j ing to this ghost of misery; follow me.” Just las we were about to mount the ladder, the “ghost of misery” sprang actively over the ! counter, and running fiercely toward US, warn ed us not to ascend. His barbaious language we could not understand, but his excited ges tures were expressive enough. He pointed at our dirks with contempt, and at me, Meadows’ only support, with a sneer that raised my boy ish indignation. lie then counted twenty up on his fingers, to show us the number of per sons above, and drew his hand significantly . across his throat, to show the manner they would serve us, if we intruded Ouselves among them. Beside, he lifted the frail ladder a mo ment from its place, to let us see that it was quite in his power, by removing it, to cut off our retreat, and leave us to the'tcndet mercies of his friends above. While he was thus threatening and gesticu lating, MeadoWs Regarded him With a patient coolness that amusingly contrasted with the excited ruffiian’s grotesque vivacity. The stern and scornful expression, however, which I saw stealing over his manly countenance, prepared me for the result that followed. As. ter surveying for a moment the room below, the slight 1 idder which led io that above, and from head to foot the dark-visaged bahdit be side him, lie turned round and said in a quick sharp tone, “Youngster, will you follow?” “To the death?” I replied with enthusiasm. “That’s right, my brave boy! 1 see I may depend upon you. Cudgel is here, and you know it is our duty to take him, dead or alive. Perhaps we may have to fight for it; but,” ad ded the gallant fellow, as if to encorage me, “we are both young and active, nnd, at the worst, this place is not so high but we may spring down without danger to our necks, even if this black rascal should Unship the lad def. So come on!” He mounted the ladder rapidly, without re garding the exclamations and gestures of the whiskered ruffian, who still sought to detain us, and I followed close at his hecis. Emerging from the trap door, We foulid our sclVefe in a Fong, And low dismal-looking apart- ] munt, under the roof, dim with the smoke • from chiboques and cigars. Its only walls ! were the rough, over-tiled rafters, nnd a few straggling boards composed the floor. In the roof werb bne dr two narrow apurtures that answered the purpose of windows. Huddled round a circle, in the centre, were half a do zen fierce-looking men, who, by their coun tenances, anil the red cap, we judged to be I Greeks. They were playing at cards. They , all looked up, and two or three sprang to their . feet, and clutched the long knives which they ’ all wore at their girdles, as we entered. Cud. gel was seated at the farther end of the room,' with his arms folded, and quietly smoking a cigar, looked in no manner disconcerted at the sudden appearance of his officers. Meadows fixed his keen eye Upon him, and J pointing him out to me, as I did not at first ob- I serve him, through the smoke, said, “AH, ] there is the rascal we are looking for.” “Yes, here he is,” said Cudgel, in a calm tone; “now come and take him.” Meadows paused a moment to look around. 1 “Do you speak English?” he naked, address ing the threatening group of desperadoes be fore him. There was no reply, but they talk ed loudly and rapidly together. I drew his attention to one who had not risen, and who appeared to be deeply engaged in studying the dirty pack of cards on the floor. I recog nized him as one who often came off the ship in a fruit boat, and who was known on board by the soubriquet of “Jack Straw.” Mead ows at once called to him, but he seemed by no means pleased with the recognition, and ' somewhat doubtful whether it would not be’ prudent to give us the decided cut. In truth, i we were rather unpresentable acquaintances j for Jack to his Very remarkable looking ! friends. But Meadows was not easily dashed on such I occasions; so, Walking boldly toward him he said, in his cool, off-hand manner, “Jack, my good fellow, don’t let us interrupt your friends; j we are merely after that rascal in the corner, and when we have secured him We will leave you to yourselves.” “You will never leave this place alive, if you attempt it!” shouted Cudgel, with a scorn, ful laugh. Meadows paid him no attention, but went on talking with Jack Straw. “Tell yoUr friends I am in the execution of my duty, and shall take that man at all haz ards. lam sufficient!)' armed to fight my way through, if there is any opposition; so Jack, keep them from interfering, or there will be blood spilt.” “Take care your own is not spilt, boy!” threateningly cried the deserter, who heard what Meadowshad been saying. Jack Straw shook his head doubtfully, and advised us to retire, as he despaired of being able to restrain his excited associates, who, he told us, were very desperate characters; but evidently wish ing to keep on good terms with us, and find ing that we were determined to seize the de setter, he talked very earnestly with them for a few moments, and, by his gestures, seemed both imploring and threatning, to induce them not to molest us. While We pahsed to observe what impres sion his arguments made, Cudgel rose up, and coming a few steps towards us, again spoke: “Mr. .MeadoWs,” said he, in a voice of deep excitement, whose hoarse tones seemed to come from the very bottom of his huge chest —“Mr. Meadows, I respect you more than any officer of that bloody slave ship; and there’s not a man on board who would not go through h—ll for you.—But you see this”—taking from his breast a large Spanish clasp-knife-, and springing open its long pointed blade— “l’d sooner put it into my own heart than go on board that ship again. Not the Whole ship’s company, marines and all, should take me. lam a desperate man: you had better not meddle with tnc. for I give you a warning that if you come toward me, I’ll give you this to the hilt, as good an Officer as you are. Ha,! ha!” he frantically yelled, as he brandished his murderous weapon—“midshipmen you! shall get more than you come for!” “I’ll see that, you Maltese rascal!” said the undaunted Mepdows, whose indignation ■ at being thus braved, made him forget fot* a moment that the others were still loud in fierce dispute; and advancing toward him with an air of fearless resolution, he put his hand on ] his collar, nnd in a brief stern voice, said ‘come ' with me sir 1 ’ , The moral superiority and commanding bearing of the young officer, awed the despe rate deserter. He was what might be called , “taken aback.” Habits of obedience seemed' yet to retain their influence, even over his I fierce nature. He cowed beneath the stern' glance of Meadows, and stood irresolute, mut. 1 tering sullenly td himself. “Give me your handkerchief to tie this fel-; low,” said Meadows turning tome. “Never!” bhouted Cudgel, dashing his huge fist in his face aud springing toward one of the aparture? in the roof. Meadows staggered with the heavy blow, and appeared a moment blinded. I ran town rd him, thinking he had been struck with the knife. “Are you htirt!”i ! asked. a N<r, no—never mind me—stop him . stop him!” answered the resolute officer. I i turned immediately to grapple with Cudgel', j who was endeavoring to force hid Herculean! body through the window. “Don’t come hero yourtgster!” cried he, ’ despei-nttely, “I Won’t, b'e So tender of you.” 1 My bluod Was fully up, and, fired with his I threat, I rushed upon him. He made a fran- 1 tic blow at me with his knife, which was well> aimed at my face; but throwing up my Ic-fl i arttt, almost involuntarily I received the point just below the elbow, deep to the bone—l planting my dirk at the same time nearly to the hilt in his side. The impetus of my blow Or the convulsive twinge that followed my blade sent him out of the window, ahd he fell heavily to the earth. “All right?” said Meadows who was now, by my side, “now boy, Ibr a retreat. Hillo! : said he, as We turned id depart, here’s more* ado? We Were !H a scrape. Keep cool/ youngster, and follow my inotiorid.” Our Greek friends seeme-.l resolved not to] part with us so easily, and stirrounded us, with I scowling brows, flashing eyes, and brandished, weapons. Their numbers had been increased by fresh arrivals from below, and about a do- j zen as picturesque looking bandits ns Salva- ■ tor Rosa could have desired for the foreground of one of his mountain passes, were osw l hemming us in, from the hatch by which wcl entered, as if to cut otf all retreat. The. faithless Jack Straw, too, had disappeared and • apparently left us to our fate. Perfectly self possessed, Meadows fuedhis! stern, unquailing eye upon them, and I kept close to him, and regarded him anxiously. The villains seemed yet to have some respect for the Hons in their toils, and no small fear of his fangs; but it was evident they waited only for some bolder one to give the signal, to com mence the onslaught. It was a serious business. Here we were at midnight, in one of the vilest dens of Frank, town, where murders are by no means uncom. mon; but slightly armed, fatigued by our hard days duty, and exhausted by want of food out of reach of assistance, surrounded by a furious gang of ruffians, who were every mo ment getting more excited and furious; I con fess for myself, I felt that I should have been much more comfortable, snugly mstlingin mv hammock. “Watch your chance to dash through, and spring down the hatch,” said Meadows, in a low whisper. “I am ready to follow your motion,” 1 re plied, in the same tone. , At that moment one of the Greeks imme diately infrontofus slunk behind his next companion, leaving a small break in the circle. Quick as thought, Meadows sprang through, overturning another in his impetuosity, amt I followed close upon him But what was our dismay, at finding the trap door closed down? We instantly gained the upright wall of tho building, and placing our backs firmly against it, awaited the issue. A furious hoyvl of min* gled surprise and rage succeeded. “There is no help for it,” said Meadows still perfectly cool; “let us sell ourselves dear* ly.” A sudden and simultaneous rush inter rupted him; and at the same moment \Ve were both down, and unarmed, my dirk being I kndbked out of in)- hand, to the middle of the I apartment-. A powerful Greek held me fust I and his knee Was Upon my breast, his eves gleamed into mine with insane fury; a knife glissened in ode hand, while Vvith the other he violently tore the stock from.my neck. Glos ing my eyes With a shudder, and and an invoh untary prayer, I expected the next moment to feel its keen edge across my windpipe-, and the moment after to awaken in another World, A tumult and rattling of arms below made the murderer pause. The trap door was siuL i denly forced off, a yelling shout arose, follow, : ed by a host of armed men, and cries of fright [ and astonishment from the ruffians above, and in an instant swords were clashing, blood Was I flowing and the Greeks wildly flying in all di | Sections for escape. Had 1 not been too be wildered with the scene, and overcome with ntv 1 unlooked-for reprieve from death, I shout'd have admired its rnelo-dramatic effect, lack Straw, whose disappearance we had attributed to treachery, and who We had suppCSed had abandoned us to destruction, had hurried off to alarm the town guard, with whrtrrt lit had h,hd rilost opportunely arrived, and thtt 'clash, ing of whose arms it was that piit a std|) to the assault of the assassins, and who by their un. looked-fdr and speedy arrival, had no doubt rescued us from our impending fate. They rushed upon the scene of action, cutting and thrusting with a most liberal hand, and cither '‘cut down or secured the whdle gang. Our emotions upon this “measure of deliverance and liberty,” we shall not attempt to decribe we leave our corteous reader to imagin.e it to be fair more Vivid than We have powers of language id describe. Arab Beauty. —Among them was onc'of the most beautiful g.’rls I ever saw, apparent ly about twenty Years of age. She was of dark complexion, eyes black as jet, the inside, of her eye-lids was blackened with koble, hoi teeth were White, as ivory, nnd her long bait fell down her neck end over her shoulders~be hind,, long enough for her to sit down; upon'. She had large ear-rings, and a silver ring through her under lip, gently drawing it down and displaying her fine teeth; through her hair was passed a silver arrow, confining her veil to the top of her head, which was thrown back negligently over her shoulders: she was hab ited in a long blue loose shirt, open at the breast her bare arms were covered with brace lets and amulets, a string of beads wound round her neck; her feet were bare, and two large rings were fastened round her ankiea. She walked, as all the Arab women do, with a grace and beauty ofcarriage I never saw sur passed; nor in simplicity and elegance of ap pearance have I ever seen a fine lady of Eu rope, with her jewels and pearls, equal this, plain aad simple Arab girl. Addison's Travels. Exportation of Spzcir Again. —Tilt* Francois Premier packet which sailed from New York for Havre on the 24th ult. took Gutß1 e .\DOO in specie, which is the largest amount shipped since the suspension. Evi Ki. (STING Shoes. —A Paris paper states that a shoemaker of the Faubourg St. Jacques has made the discovery that the sole of boo:s and shoes steeped in boiling bitumen are rendered, water-proof and ever. lasting. AO 41.