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POETRY.
[From the American Monthly Magazine.]
“Gentlemen, I’m a leetle bit of a poet; and
I’ve made a song, gentlemen, not about my
self, gentlemen, far from it—but about a wor
thier man. The title of the song,” he added,
in a sentimental, fraternal manner, “ is
MY BROTHER.
I was born away down to Bangor,
Where tradin’ is well understood,
Where punkins are raised along shore,
And nutmegs are grown in the wood.
My brother was fixed at Castine
In the pork manufacturin'line,
For he had a patent machine
To make bacon-hams out of pine.
The tarnel concern did it slick,
And ’twould make other notions with
ease,
You put in a thundering stick,
Out tumbled a white oaken cheese.
Not an article there was abused,
• . For he was so saving, ’twas said
The saw-dust was all of it used
To make the dyspepsery bread.
He’d a mill too, what worked as expert
By steam—’twas a curious oaper!
You put in an old cotton shirt
And it came out a handful of paper:
And when speculation was rife,
My brother, who that understands,
.Manufactured—it's true, on my life—
Manufactured and sold Eastern lands.
But then, sir, the climax to cap,
The buyer of these made a stir,
Though acres they bought on the map
They couldn’t find out where they were.
They talked about going to law—
Then what could my poor brother do?
By way of confounding their jaw,
lie failed, and lie’s rich as a Jew.
nISVKL tj A A V .
COMMODORE ROGERS.
Commodore Rogers died at the advanc
ed age of seventy-three or four. He was
horn in Ilarford county, Maryland, in or
about the year 1705. Ills seamanship
was learned in the merchant service, to
which lie was attached from the end of
the revolutionary war to the commence
ment of the naval establishment of the
United States, under which he was one
of the first officers who received an ap
pointment.
It was Commodore Rogers’ peculiar
fortune never to encounter an opportunity
to achieve any brilliant affair; and con
sequently his name has not been so much
trumpeted as those of others; who pos
sessing more intrepidity and skill, still
fell upon opportunities of signalizing their
names by valiant exploits. But in prac
tical service to his country, and in suc
cessful liarrassing of the vessels of the
enemy, no officer in the navy has exceed
ed him.
In August, 1803, he commanded the
frigates New York and John Adams,
being the senior captain, and with Com
modore Preble negotiated with the Em
peror of Morocco, for the restoration of
American vessels something in the same
spirit, if not precisely in the same way
France is negoci-ating with Mexico. An
interval followed in the active service of
the Commodore till 1811, when in the
frigate President, he sailed from Annapo
lis forNew-York. During this passage, an
incident occured which made quite as
much noise ns any other which directly
preceded, and assisted in bringing about
the last war. The Commodore was at
tacked and defended, abused and praised,
as the politics of the writers and speak
ers prompted. Those who speak of the
present and late party excitement as “un
paralleled” must be of experience too
short to include the time just previous to
the last war with England, when the
virulence of party was more bitter than
at any time sinco.
The reader of American history will
readily remember that the affair to which
we allude was that of the “Little Belt,”
a British .sloop of war. Impressment
by the British of American seaman, had
awakened all the old hostility of the Rev
olution. On the 1 (3th of May, at noon,
Commodore Rogers made a sail to the
eastward, which he supposed to be the
British frigate Chesapeake, the com
mander of which vessel, it was said, had a
a few days before impressed a bov from
on board an American brig, off Sandy
Hook. The Commodore resolved to
speak the British vessel, ascertain the
facts, and should they prove as represent
ed, to endeavor to procure the lad’s lib
eration. He did not come up with the
other till night, when he discovered in
deed that it was not the Chesapeake, but
could not ascertain the nation of the
strange vessel, as she displayed no colors.
A rencontre took place, the origin and
details of which were variously related at
the time, which resulted in the killing of
‘nine men, and wounding of about twenty
on board the Little Belt, while but one
boy was slightly wounded on board the
President. At day-break, Commodore
Rogers sent an officer on board with
tenders of assistance which were, how
ever, (Reclined. It was not until the re
turn of his messenger that the Commo
dore learned the npme of the vessel, her
nation, and her commander, Cant. Bing
ham.
As before remarked this rencontre
caused a great deal of newspaper excite
ment ; but Commodore Rogers was suf
ficiently vindicated in the fact, that while
the government of the United States ap
proved the conduct of Commodore Rog
ers, the British government took no form
al notice of the affair. Each commander
published his bulletin, all the facts in
both of which it was impossible to credit.
After the formal declarations of war, in
1812, Commodore Rogers in the Presi
dent, with the frigate Congress, and the
brigs Hornet and Argus, sailed from this
port on the 21st of June, in pursuit of a
fleet of British merchantmen which had
sailed from Jamaica, homeward bound, in
the month preceding. While in pursuit of
the merchantmen the Commodore fell in
with the British frigate Belvidere, to which
vessel he gave chase. The Belvidere out
sailed the President and escaped. It was
said the B. started her water casks, and
threw her anchors overboard, and took
other means to expedite her speed. That
point, however, being merely important as
settling the relative speed of the two
vessels, is unimportant now. In the chase,
the Belvidere had one man killed, and six
wounded by a shot from the President,
and the President had sixteen killed and
wounded by the bursting of a gun. Among
the wounded was Commodore Rogers
himself, whose leg was fractured. Com
modore Rogers put into Boston, whence
he sailed again on the Bth of October, ac
companied by the frigates Congress and
United States, and the brig Argus. On
the 12tli the two latter were parted from
the other in a gale,* and on the 15th the
President and Congress captured a Brit
ish packet with 8200,000 specie and SIOO,-
000 gold dust on board; which prize safe
ly reached an American port. On the
Olot tUoj «lun |adm,
with oil, and gave unsuccessful chase to
a frigate under whose convoy she had
sailed. Another British frigate was also
chased, but escaped under cover of a fog,
and after a cruise of nearly 8000 miles,
the President and Congress arrived at Bos
ton *on the 12th of December, 1812.
Though the two prizes captured were
valuable, the officers of the vessels exceed
ingly regretted that no opportunity had ;
been afforded for a gallant action, or an
equal one—a circumstance which the
newspapers opposed to the war did not
fail to lay hold of.
On the 28d of April, 1813, Commo
dore Rogers again sailed from Boston, in
company with the Congress, Capt. Smith.
In this cruise the vessels visited the const
of Bergen, Norway and the Shetland Isles,
and captured twelve vessels, the crews of
which amounted in number to 217; but
met no enemy equal to their own strength,
with whom their powers could he tried.
They returned to Rhode Island on the
23d of September, making five mouths to
a day, from the time they sailed from Bos
ton. During this time Admiral Cockburn
burned Havre de Grace, Md. and the
House of the Commodore suffered among
the rest. An incident is related in this
connexion, almost too romantic for truth.
It is said that the Lieutenant command
ing the Highflyer, a British tender, cap
tured by t’ne Commodore on the day pre
vious to his entering Newport, in tender
ing iiis sword, restored one of the Com
modore’s that had been taken front his
house in Havre dc Grace at the time of
the attack on that place.
During the attack on Baltimore, Com-i
ntodore Rogers, with his seamen, was
stationed in Fort Covington. This de
tachment was the first who defected
and repulsed the approach of the British
surprise party, two thousand strong, who
had passed Fort Henry in boats with
muffled oars, under the cover of the'
night. During the siege of Baltimore,
Commodore Rogers was indefatigable in
rendering all the aid possible to the city,
for which service he was complimented
with a splendid service of plate.
Since the war, his life has been passed
as one of the Navy Commisioners, and
in various other services, pertaining to
the monotonous peace occupations of our
gallant naval officers. Take hint for all
in all, he was an excellent and faithful
public servant, whose services to his
country made up in solid benefit, what
the fortune of war denied them in bril
liancy.
A HUMAN PANTHER.
In the latter part of that tragedy, which
spread dismay throughout this part of the
State, there were about nine hundred In
dians encamped on the Illinois river,
opposite to the present town site of La
Salle, composed principally of the Iro
quois tribe. They had always maintained
! a friendly intercourse with the whites in
the vicinity, and had manifested a great
partiality for one in particular. This
was "old Myers," a perfect prototype of
Cooper’s traper. This State was the fifth
i» which he had erected his hut in ad
vance of a white population. He had of
course acquired more of the habits of the
Indians than of civilized nten, and was
familiarly known among them as “ The
Panther”—-a title which he had acquir
ed from them, by a daring exploit in kill
ing an animal of that name, when leading
them in one of their wild hunts. At the
period referred to, these Indians rallied
under the Black Hawk standard, and were
committing many depredations upon
the settlers in the vicinity. When re
pulsed, they did not hesitate to wanton
ly murder their former friends and com
panions. About the cabin of the Panther,
nearly a hundred settlers had come in for
the safety of their wives and children,
placing them under his protection. But
among the victims of savage barbarity,
there happened to be a brother-iiulaw of
the Panther, with his wife and three
children. Herein they committed an
unpardonable outrage upon the family
of their ancient friend and demi-savnge.
When the sad tidings of their cruel fate
reached the garrison, the Panther was
seen clothing himself in battle array.
With his rifle, his tomahawk and scalping
knife, in open day, he silently bent his
steps to the Indian quarters, about one
mile distafit. Fearlessly he marched into
the midst of the savage band, levelled his
rifle at the head chief present, and deliber
ately killed him on the spot. He then
severed the lifeless head from its trunk,
•and held it up by the hair before the awe
struck multitude, exclaiming, “You have
murdered my brother, his wife, and their
three little ones, and now I have killed
your chief. I ant nowhven with you; but,”
be added, “every one ot you that is found
here to-morrow morning at sunrise, is a
dead Indian.” All this was accomplished
by the Panther without the least molesta
tion. They knew that he would take
vengeance lor their deed of blood—and
silently acknowledged the justice of the
((•iriog Up tltPii Knrp nff tliM Itporl in
silence to his cabin. The next morning
not an Indian could be found in all that
region. They left forever their homes
and their dead, and that part of the State
has not been molested by them since.
A lew weeks since, this veteran of
eighty winters sold bis claim, and capari
soned with the same hunting shirt and
weapons which he wore when he killed the
chief, started for Missouri. After travel
ing a few rods, he returned and asked per
mission to give his “grand yell.” The
gentleman to whom lie had sold the land,
giving his assent, he gave a long, loud
and shrill whoop, that made the welkin
ring for miles around. “Now,” said he,
my blessing is on the land and on you;
your ground will always yield an abund
ance, and you will ahvaysprosper.” Again
he took up his march for anew home in
the wilderness, where he could enjoy the
happiness of solitude, undisturbed by so
cial ties. [Peoria Register.
Tin: DEAF MAN.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
A young Parisian, who went with a nu
merous party to Lyons to enjoy the pleas
ure of seeing the second city of the king
dom, thus related an adventure which he
had:—
W e were lodged at the best inn, and
found excellent company there. The
evening before our departure 1 was in the
court yard about five o’clock, when a man
entered leading his horse by the bridle.
“Take care of my horse,” said he to the
servant.
“We have not any room for your horse,”
replied the servant; “seek another sta
ble.”
“That is right,” said the man. “I shall
take him of you to morrow.”
“1 told you,” said the servant, “that we
had no room; our stable is full.”
“Very well,” replied the man, “you look
like a good boy; take care of my beast.”
“I believe this man is a fool,” said the
boy, seeing the stranger walk to the kitch
en; “what can he wish to do with his
horse!”
“I think lie is deaf,” said I to him;
“i»he care of the horse; you will be respon
sible for him.”
1 followed tlie man to the kitchen. The
hostess made him the same complaint as
her servant; he replied he was much obliged
to her, and begged her not to fatigue her
self by making her compliments, for he
was so deaf that he could not hear a can
non shot. He immediately took a ciiair
and seated himself near the fire as if he
was at home. The hostess saw there was
no means of getting rid of this man, who
was determined to take a slumber in his
chair. I went into the parlor, where I
told the company of the hostess embarrass
ment. They laughed at it, and I, above
all, who did not believe that I should be
the dupe of the adventure. Supper was
served, and our gentleman came and scat-
ed himself by the door; we asked him to
come to the table and not make himself a
stranger; he apparently thought we wished
to put him in the most distinguished place;
for he replied that he was too polite to put
himself at the head of the table. Seeing
it was impossible to make him hear us, it
was necessary to take patience; he ate as
much as four others, and when the bill was
presented to him, he drew thirty cents
from his pocket and threw it on the table.
The expense of each one of us was much
more; this they tried to make him under
stand, but he always replied that he was
not a man to suffer others to pay his debts,
and that he was much obliged to us for
wishing to defray it; and although he was
meanly dressed, his pocket was full of
money, which he doubtless said because
they gave him back his money in order
that lie might give more. In the mean
time, he made a bow and went out, leav
ing us bursting with laughter. A minute
after, the servant came in and told me to
go and defend my bed, of which this man
had taken possession. We all went up,
but he had barricaded the door, and we
knew that it would be useless to knock
at it. As he spoke to himself, we listen
ed.
“ITovv miserable is my condition!’ said
be, “they try to force my door open, and I
shall not be able to hear them; I have”no
other resource but to watch all night, with
candles burning, so as to be able to use
my pistols if they undertake to rob me.”
He bad not the trouble; I passed the
night near the fire, and willingly pardoned
the man who appeared to ine so much to
be pitied. He arose early the next morn
ing, gave thirty cents for the expense of
his horse, and having mounted him, he
addressed me:—
“1 ask your pardon,” said he, “tor hav
ing taken your bed. One of my friends,
who had been refused lodgings here, bet
me twenty louis that I could not get ac
commodated; this sum is worth being deaf
for. As to the rest, sir, I understand by
your conversation, you take the steamboat;
I shall meet you there, and shall beg you
to accept a good breakfast to repair the
bad night which you have passed.”
UoKiily ftfripurtcxl aftf»r these words,
and left us much astonished at the sang
froid with which he had played his part.
[From a late Foreign Journal.]
Duchess d’Ahrantes. —On Saturday
last was buried one of the most remark
able women in Paris—the Duchess d’Ab
rantes. ller celebrity commenced where,
with the world in general, it finishes—
with the loss of fortune. The reputation
which her works have acquired in Eu
rope does equal honor to the energy of
her character and the liveliness of her wit.
The latter quality shines conspicuously in
her memoirs, as does also another very
rare virtue, even amongst the best wri
ters, the ease and conversational tone
with which she writes. . To judge truly
of mankind something more than justice
is necessary, namely, amiability of char
acter and goodness of heart, both of
which she possessed in a very uncommon
degree throughout her various changes
in life; thus, notwithstading her repeated
and brilliant successes she never had a
literary enemy. Although the excess of
her literary labors was a subject of re
proach with her family and friends, yet
she was always at the disposal of any one
who came to ask a service of her. Her
time, her attention, the produce of her
sleepless nights, all were freely given.
In descending from a brilliant position,
the only custom she could not divest her
self of was that of obliging; and as, under
every regime,she preserved the importance
due to her personal value, she fancied
herself still rich. She had much great
ness of mind, and pushed her delicacy
so far in her social relations, that she
left her nearest friends in ignorance of the
pecuniary embarrassments which embit
tered her last days. After having for
years done the honors of Paris to all
Europe, she died in a lodging-house at
Chaillot, where the greater part of her
friends only entered to see her bier borne
to the cemctry of Montmartre. It was
followed by M. Victor
Hugo, and nearly every literary or dis
tinguished character in Paris.
Jonathan aoain. —“ How old are you?”
said Mr. Kiplings to a dwarfish young
man. ‘Twenty.’ ‘I wonder you aren’t I
right down ashamed of being no bigger,
you look like a boy of ten.’ ‘All comes
of being a dutiful boy.’ 'llow so V
‘When I was ten, father put his hand on
my head and said, ‘Stop here,’ and he
ran away; never seen him since, and I
didn’t think it right in me to go on grow
ing without his leave.”
Tiif. Sea-Island Crop. The Charles
ton Mercury says:—We regret to learn
from a respectable planter of Edisto, the
Cotton crops on the Southern side of that
Island are so much burnt up by drouth
and the late excessive heats as to he ah
most destroyed.
fTKRMB.....S3 IN ADVANCE.
NTUMBJBR 12.
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SONNET.
Sitting one evening with a leaded fllfias.
We soon began to talk of leaThed things;
Not frills or flowers, rigmarole or xiawo.
But fountains full of intellectual bliss.
Thus in high con verse, from some distant place
There came a strain of music, soft and clear;
I saw a flash of pleasure light her Awe,
And whispered poesy inner willing ear.
She smiled and asked me who composed the
linss—
Where they were from? she thought them
excellent,
And more expressive than the song pf birds,
When earth, with lovely spring-flowers is be
sprent.
I answered Milton. She said, ‘Yes! I know it,
Tvc read his works — uncommon pretty post!'
Right and Left Hand Gloves. —A
contraband speculator, bought, some time
ago, in Paris, 10,000f. worth of gloves
for the English market. It in known that
in the English Custom-house certain goods
are taxed according to the value sworn to
by the owners, and that to prevent fraud
the Custom-house sometimes takes pos
ession of goods at the price so determined.
In this case the having stated
the value of the gloves at 5000f., the a
mount was paid to him, and the gloves re
tained. The speculator, determined to
have his revenge, procured an accomplice
on his return to Paris, and purchased 40,-
OOOf. worth of gloves. These were ad
justed and made up into two packets, with
which the two friends started, the one to
Dover, and the other to Bristol. At Do
ver the packet was opened, and the owner
stated the value of the gloves at 15,000f.,
which were immediately paid to him, and
the gloves retained. The same occurred at
Bristol. The speculators at Dover started
for Bristol, and met his friend half way on
his road to Dover, and each of them, wkh
15,000f. in his pocket, waited patiently at
his post till the day of the Custom-house
sale. At the sale the gloves were expos
ed, when our speculator at Bristol, bid
ding among other people, observed after
pretending to examine them minutely, that
they were all for the left hand! and so, in
fact, they turned out to be; purchasers,
of course, could not be found, and he
bought the whole lot for GOOOfi The same
thing took place at Dover with the right
hand gloves, and the friends proceeded to
l-ondon, where, it is presumed the gloves
were a third time profitably disposed of.
Sam wellerisms. New similes pecu
liar to Mr. performance of "Sam
Weller,” in the comedy of that name.
“ You don’t mean nothin’ friendly,
you don’t, as the rat said to the cat ven
she bit him in the back.”
“I’m for risin’ in the vorld, as the bal
loon said to the bag of sand; and I must
take care I’m not burst in the process, as
the bag of sand said to the balloon.”
“I’ll penetrate his heart if he has one,
ns the mouse said ven he nibbled his vay
through the cheese.”
“Ve are all here, and quite ready for
you, as the fleas said to the old woman
vot had just got back to her own bed, ar
ter sleeping out for a week."
“It’s pretty, but not pleasant, as the
monkey said ven they painted his tail
sky blue.”
“Ve don’t often see the likes o’ you in
our part of the world, as the devil said
ven one of his imps handed him an ice
cream.”
“Ven I vants you I knows vhere to
find you, as the spider said to the fly ven
he vove his veb all around him to per
went his catching cold.”
“I’ seen you vonce, and I don’t vant
to see you again, as the . sick gentleman
said to the devil ven he called on him
one vet afternoon.”
“Ve don’t vant too many in this con
cern at vonce, as the boys said ven they
got into the empty sugar tubs.”
“That’s enough to give any one « pain
in his back, as the cockroach said ven the
nigger put his foot on him.’.'-—{Philadel
phia Courier.
Autiioritv of Husbands. —Brae ton, a
law writer of great repute in hia day, has
furnished us with a curious legal opinion
on the right of husbands to correct their
wives. He says “although it may be law
ful for the husband to correct the wife
with a lawful weapon, such as it brooms tick,
&.c., yet if he make use of ah unlawful in
strument, such as an iron bar and the like,
and death ensue, it will he murder. The
ladies dwelling in the same town where
resided this sage expounder Os conjugal
rights are said to been so indignant
and so little satisfied with the distinction
in their favor, that they dragged the unfor
tunate counsellor to the river, and ducked
him soundly. Judge Bailer, of Exeter, in
an opinion he delivered in an action a
gainst a husband for bad treatment of bis
wife, laid it down as a law, “that a hus
band was privileged to beat bis wife, if the
instrument used was wooden, tndnothkk
er than his thumb.” The damOjg:Of Exeter
sent a round-robin to hia JfiMpftfb and
requested to know the exaol wmaMflons of
his thumb. *
The Provident Institution for" Serfage in
the City of Boston has now in its keeping
$2,00),832 89 cents, to the credit tfltfOli
depositors. , w ■