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LITERACY.
A volume of poems lobe entitled The
Oriental Harp, w 11 shortly be published
In Philadelphia, from the pen of Mr. Ito
hPPt s. Coffin, well known as the Ih>ston
Bard, and whose productions have been
read and admired by almost every one.
The following beautiful extract from the
work has been handed to us by the au
thor, as a specimen.
SONG.
Mitten fur the 22 A of February.
When Freedom on the battle-storm
Rer weary head reclined •,
When round her fair, majestic form,
The serpent Slavery twined j
Amid the din—aboVe the cloud
Great WASHINGTON appeared,
Ilia during hand rolled back the shroud,
Ajjd thus the sufferer cheered ;
Burst, burst thy chains 1 be great, be free,
In giant strength arise i
JBtrelch, stretch thy pinions, Liberty,
Thy (lag nail to the skie* i
Flolhc, clothe thyself in glory’s rube,
Let stars thy banner gem ;
Buie, rule the sea-possess the globe,
Wear victory’s diadem!
Tell, tell the World a world is born,
A'uAherorb gives light j
Another sun Illumes the mom—
Another star the night.
Be lust—be brave; and let thy name
The wreath of Liberty !
Be said—and, lo 1 the stars of night
Forth to Iter banner flew i *
And morn with pencil dipped in light,
Her blushes on it drew ;
Columbia’s chieftain selied the prixe,
Tlie glorious sheet unfurled,
Flew with it to his native skies,
And waved it o’er the world.
—•®9w
Account of the Female Spies in
the service of Bonaparte ,
Traits!:..ed fnun Ui»- iVcucli.
One of the greatest faults commit
ted by Napoleon, on his accession to
the throne, was that of doubting the
stability of his reign, and in having
pursued exactly the contrary mea
sures lo those which were necessary
for the consolidation of his newly
acquiredppo r er. Jealous and sus
picious, he wished to shackle all pri
vate opinion, to know all secrets, and
thus to render one half of his subjects
spies upon the other.
Even the profligate principles of
IV!achiavel shrink into nothingness
when contrasted with the institution
of tlie Imperial Espionage.
Placemen and characters of dis
tinction, pamphleteers, mountebanks,
mechanics, and husbandmen, were
secret members of this association.—
In short, every description of people,
and of both sexes, from infancy to I
decrepitude, were comprehended in |
the list of spies.
Snares were set by the supreme'
police which were very difficult to!
avoid, because no one could everj
• suspect them. A number of persons
of both sexes, whom Bonaparte jes
tingly called his Cytherian Cohort ,
all that was most seductive in youth, 1
beauty, grace, and pleasing acquire- i
nr uls, were united and trained in >
this society. Men of engaging ad-M
dress and facinating manners, and |
women of superior beauty and great |;
personal attractions, must of them in-! I
volved in debt, extravagant in their d
style of living, and greedy of money,!
by whatever means acquired, gladly! ‘
lent their aid without a blush, and i
without remoi-se, to further the dia- i
bolical machinations of a despot, who ■
himself trembled in the of his !
.victims. The
will serve to show the manner in <
Which these nefarious agents were
employed by the government. j
In the year 1808 a Hollander was
preparing at Leipsic to publish a f
memorial intended to exhibit in its \
true colours the extravagant and in
’’tolerable ambition of Bonaparte. r
Baron 1). who was the first to dis- s
coyer tins thus oxnresses “
himself in a letter concerning It, which 3
he addressed to the Emperor: t
“ The person who has read the ;
manuscript assures me that he has
never seen any thing better and more 1
forcibly written, or supported by I
more imposing and ingenious argu- i
meats. This appeal to all the crown- !
ed heads of Europe is calculated to
produce an irresistable conviction in
every breast. It is fraught with more
danger in its consequences than any
writing which has ever before ap
peared in any language against the
monarch of France.”
It will readily be supposed that
Bonaparte would not fail immediate
ly to set all his secret agents and
emissaries at work. Mons. de M.
who was the principal person em
ployed on this important occasion,
very soon succeeded in taking txio
unfortunate Hollander in the snare |
which he had laid for him.
But what was the disappointment
of the French Inquisitors ! They
stripped the unfortunate Hollander,
searched his clothes, ransacked and
broke in pieces his furntiure, ripped
up his beds, and even destroyed a
plaister Venus. But after all no dis
covery was made; the manuscript
could no where be found. — 1 heir
rage and vexation exceeded all
bounds. None but an eye-witness
could describe their violence. Ho
was roughly asked what had become
of the manuscript he intended to pub
lish?
“ I have neither written nor in
tended to publish any thing, ’ was
the answer.
“ Sir, you are to know that my go
vernment is not to be imposed on.—
My commission is limited to ascer
tain whether poverty has compelled
you to write. If that is the case, put
what price you please on your work.
I have bills with me to a large amount,
and will immediately pay you the
sum you may require for it."
“ Vour oilers,” replied the unfortu
nate Hollander, “ are very .generous,
and I regret extremely that it is not
in my power to accept of them. But
I again declare to you that 1 have
never written any thing against the
French government. Some one lias
certainly deceived you.”
Mons. de M. finding that he was
inflexible, and that it was impossible
to bribe him, had him conducted into
France, where he was thrown into a
state prison; and I never afterwards
heard any thing more concerning this
Unfortunate Batavian.
But where was this dreadful me
morial ? By wh.it means had it es
caped the search of these zealous
Some days before his arrest, the
author conceived suspicions of a man
to whom, in confidence, he had re
vealed his projects ; impressed with
this belief, he deemed it the most ad
visable measure, to confide his manu
script to a particular friend who usu
ally resided near Prague, hut who
happened at this time to be in-Leipsic.
This circumstance alone prevented
the discovery of the manuscript by
Mons. do IWicur and his creatures.—
, hut the aflair was far from resting
here. The emperor was determined,
at all events, by any means, to get
possession of the manuscript, and the
obstacles he met with served only the
more strongly to fix his determination.
“ Take what measures you plefisc, 1
the manuscript must be had.” As
he said this, he turned on his heel,!
and abruptly quitted de M. who,;
compelled to set all his wits at work,;
immediately made, a second journey!
to Leipsir. Ho visited the person
who had betrayed the Hollander. :
This wretch had received only five!
hundred crowns as tlie reward"of his |
treachery. A thousand had been
promised him in case of his succeed-!
in? s but the scheme having failed,'
nothing more was to be had.
VV hilst endeavouring to account for'
j the disappearance of die manuscript, 1
' tl| ey both at length concluded that it
j must have been entrusted by the!
j a’phor tothecureof some confidential I
! friend.
| " A luck} - thought lias just struck
me,” said the German. ' “ A few
‘toys before the arrest of the Hollan
der, an intimate friend came to visit
him. I know that they entertain the
same sentiments of the Emperor. 1
will stake my life that the manuscript
is in his possession!”
This hint was enough for the wild
agent. —Where*, is this man to be
found !" he eagerly inquired. “He
lives in tlie environs of Prague, in
Bohemia, his name is Schustler.”
“ What is his rank of life ?” “ IJ e ;
is only a private aitinen. but rich, a I
man of about forty, a little above the 1
common size, but well shaped ; he 1
has been a widower about two years, 1 s
ami has an only child, a daughter, ’
about four years old.” ' , |
\\ hat are his pursuits, ami his j j
predominant passions ?” j)
“ He is fond ol study and of the 1
fine ar;s, and particularly attached to 1
women.” j
li he is remarkable for his fond- c
ness for women, I am sure of him,” c
said Mons. de M. with exultation, s
“ if I succeed, you shall yet receive 1
' 1 >
your thousand crowns ; in the mean- v
time here are five hundred francs as r
a reward for this information.” r
De M. immediately returned to Pa- i:
ris. Nothing could be more desira- 1
file, and nothing more easy, to a wi- s
dower in the vigour of life, and strong- (
ly attached to the fair sox, than to in- 1
troduce him to the acquaintance of a ]
young and beautiful woman, posses
sed of the most fascinating charms ]
and accomplishments. His plan was 1
quickly conceived, and his measures j i
immediatelj' taken.
Among the nymphs of the Cythc~ i
rian Cohort, the young and beautiful
Mademoiselle D. was particularly
distinguished,
In early youth she had lost her pa
rents, who were very respectable.
They left her in possession of a for
tune, which, had her desires been
moderate, would have been amply
| sufficient to have satisfied theih; but
an unrestrained passion for p ensure
and expensive luxury, and an exces
sive love of play, produced hn-ruin.
Nature had lavished on this female
all her bounties; her attractions,
whether of person, or taste, or tal
ents, were perfectly irresistible.
What added greatly to the value and
force of her attractions, was her seem
ing unconsciousness ol possessing
them. To her personal charms and
seductive manners, was snperaded.
an intimate knowledge of all the in- j
trigues of high life and refined socie- j
ty. To cbt/tin the means of gratify- i
ing her extravagance and her passion |
for living, kw became, for some time, I
the mistress of a German nobleman,
yet like a gallant and honest lover,
he detennhjed she should not lie left
unprovided for, after his abandon
ment.
lie tiiorlfore contrived to place
her at the head of those artful syrens,
, who had sold themselves to the se-j
1 cret police. This post was not the
least lucrative in the power of the go
■ vernment to bestow.
. As the part to bo acted to the. pre
t sent occasion, was one which requir
t ed superior admit ness, and the exer
>. cise of much slid and cunning, she
was promised that her salary should
, be increased to an hundred times its
stated amount, in case she should se
i cure the important manuscript.
; No person in the world could be
> found better fitted for the undertaking
i limn Mademoiselle D. Besides her
> other accomplishments, she posscss
* ed a perfect knowledge of the Ger
man language, which she spoke with
- great ease and fluency.
After receiving instructions from
s de M. she took a passport iu the
representing herself to be a young
3 widow travelling into Germany for
1 her health.
Her secret instructions were as fol
i lows:
11 You will immediately proceed to
Prague, in Bohemia. On your arri
■ val, you will secretly obtain a knowl
-1 edge ot the residence of M. Schusfler,
• and all the information in your pow-
I ;er respecting him. Under the pre
’ tcx t of enjoying a pure air necessary
■ i t 0 your 'health, you will express a
■ w ' s ‘* t 0 hvd in the country, and take
, | your measures so as to obtain lodg
ings as near as |>ossil)le to bis resi
qdence. lo effect this object, you
I I ma y pursue any means in vour povv-
I or—spare no expense. The man
1 agement of tlie rest is left to your
own sagacity and discretion.*’
1 On her arrival at Prague, Made
moiselle I), had no difficulty in ob
■ tabling all the information she wished
: for—and immediately purchased a
house hear the residence of M. Schus-
I tier.
! Scarcely was the lovely spy estab
| lislied in l!ie neighbourhood, before
an opportunity occurred to com
j mencc her operations. Amongst
; other things, she found out that he
j was in the habit of going very often
to I rague, and she took her mea-
I sures accordingly. All her domes
tics consisted ol one man anti a wo
! man.—. She bought for her own use
i two beautiful horses, and few riders
were more dexterous or more skilful
than herself in all the arts of horse
manship.
One day, when she knew M,
schustler was gone to town she
mounted her horse, and accompanied
by her servant, set out with a view of
meeting her neighbor as he should
be returning home. As she descried
him at a distance, pretending to be 1
overcome with the heat of the weath
er, she alighted, and reclined on the 1
grassy turf by the road side, with the
hi idle of her horse dangling on her 1
ai in, and her veil artfully drawn over
hei lace. As if alarmed at the noise
of the approaching carriage, she sud
denly sprung up I,J e one terrified by !
some unexpecteddhnger. Her horse 1
was actually affrighted, and started I
back s <)m e paces, when the gallant
M. Schustler, alarmed for the lady, «
threw himself from his carriage and i
ran to her assistance. At this mo- I
moot the fair enchantress withdrew i
hei veil, and displayed to the won- (
dering eyes of the German the most ’■
captivating charms. . At the sight of <
so much beuufy, he gazed in silent
admiration. For some moments he j
was unable to speak. At length,
recovering from his surprise, “ pardon
me, madam,” said he, “if 1 have
undeslgnedly disturbed your repose.
I should regret the accident most
sincerely, had it not afforded me the
opportunity ofbeholding your charms,
than which heaven itself lias never
produced any thing more lovely.
“ What you call disturbing my re
pose,” said the fascinating beauty,
“is of no sort of consequence. As
to the very civil expressions you have
been pleased to use, permit me to
observe that you are still young, and
that I very well known how to esti
mate them ”
As she said this, she very grace
fully remounted her horse. The
German, afraid of losing sight of her,
seized the rains of her horse, and ex-
claimed : j
« Why will you he so cruel, as thus !
suddenly to deprive me-of the plea
sure of gazing on your charms ? It <
my intrusion is disagreeable to you, I
will instantly withdraw, but if you
are not reluctant o oblige me, have
the goodness to inform me who is the
angel whom I have the honour of ad
dressing.”
“ The real gentleman” she repli
ed, “ can ndver permit in any way
to offend an unprotected female. It
is very natural you shall, wish to
know who I am. Know then, sir,
I that I arn a French widow, who have
j occupied, for the last two days, a
■ i mansion in this neighbourhood.
i “ What, Madam, are you then the
1 purchaser of Mons. J.'s house ?”
“ Y eg, sir, that is the name of the
person from whom 1 bought it.”
“ Thank heaven ! we are near
. neighbours. From my window I
can enjoy the view of your residence.
How unfortunate, Madam, that I
have not yet had the happiness to
. visit you!”
“ In truth, sir,” she replied, with
. a fascinating smile, “ the loss of time
is not a matter of regret to either of
. us ; for my house is hardly yet fur
- nished. But I will candidly confess
. that as, in a country residence, no
> thing is so desirable as respectable
j society, and good neighbours; lam
s gratified by the hope of becoming
. better acquainted with you.” She
then saluted her enraptured victim
, with an enchanting smile, and disap
peared.
’ M. Schustler was in a transport of
joy. He was half frantic with the
excess of pleasure this accident had
, afforded him, and his confident anti
cipations of the future happiness he
, should enjoy in the society of the
„ lovely Saulnier.—This was the
; der this assumed appellation, she was
r destined iu a short time to make
dreadful ravages iu the heart of the
. unsuspecting M. Schustler.
Uarly (lie next day, he paid a visit
>to his captivating neighbour. On
. seeing him leave his house, sheplaccd
- herself at her piano, resolved to
, make use of every stratagem, and all
- the means of seduction, to secure
- her prey.
Madam,’ said he on entering,
i “ I have once already disturbed your
- slumbers ; do not sufler me now to
- interrupt your amusements. Ycs
- terday I was charmed with your
i beauty, and now the delightful tones
. I hear thrill me with ecstacy.”
■ “Have done with your flattery,
neighbour, the manners of the coun
try should be simple as nature, whose
images they should always reflect.”
Nay, Madam, do not mistake my
honesty (or deceit ; my soul is un
sullied by artifice or falsehood, I al
ways frankly speak what I think,
without any disguise, and therefore I
cannot now refrain from expressing
the feelings of my heart. A few
words more, ami you shall judge
whether an imposter would have act
ed as I have done. Scarcely four
and twenty hours have passed since 1
I first beheld you; and if any cause
whatever should compel me to relin
quish the favourable sentiments with
which yon have inspired me I hard
ly know whether I should have for
titude enough to survive the disap
pointment. And yet lam a father ;
yes, I am a father, a tender and affec
tionate father !” As he said this,
tears gushed from his eyes. Ma
dame Saulnier, who was resting on
iter piano, experienced a feeling
winch was undefinable; for till now
hot heart had been a stranger to such
emotions. In her perturbation she ;
knew not how to reply. The lan- '
guage she had heard, and the unaf
fected sincerity with which it was ut
tered, produced an agitation in her
bosom which it never felt before.—
Her eyes were intently fixed on
Mons. Schustler. Never had she
seen a man whom she so much ad
mired. Her heart already confessed
him the most accomplished of his sex,
t ome, sir, ’ said she, in a tone
ot captivating sweetness, “ you shall
remain and breakfast with me ; you
have delighted me to an excess a
mounting almost to pain. How much
do I regret that air acquaintance had
not been formed at an earlier peri
od !” r
L neon raged by these tender ex
pressions, M. Schustler replied,
“lovely Saojiiier ! the passion I feel b
for you needs not to boast of its dura- n
tion ; it is enough that it is irresistibly t
and forever fixed in my bosom.”
During breakfast the conversation j s
turned on the delights of friendship, j 1
On taking his leave M. Schustler said jt
to her, “ if you are not displeased :
with the acquaintance of one who i
feels for you more than a common
interest, I will presume, madam, to
solicit the happiness of receiving you i
at my house, at this hour tomorrow.”
“ Your invitation, sir, is so flat
tering, and its manner so persuasive,
that I cannot refuse to accept it.” i
heft alone to herself, Madame Sau-'
Inier began to examine the state of her ;
heart, as regarded her new love. She
did not pretend to resist or to dissem-
ble her feelings. She often said to 1
herself, as she has since acknowledg- j!
ed, “ I came hither as a treacherous 1
seducer, an 1 lo ! T am myself seduc
i ed. ” The change she underwent, in
i consequence of hot new attachment,
was no less sincere and permanent
than it was sudden. She becamej
ashamed of the part she had been
bribed to act. and of the odious com
mission with which she was charged.
.“ I wish to be contented with my
self. I will not, therefore, consent to
be the instrument of deceiving this
generous and noble-minded man. I
will to-morrow disclose to him, toko
J am, and what I have been.”
She was received by Mons. Schust
er, as if she had been an angel sent
from heaven. He presented to her |
his young daughter, and rapturously j
exclaimed: “Behold, madam, the]
child, which, before I had seen
you, was to me the dearest object on
earth. Hereafter, when I see you to
gether, 1 shall consider that in you,
all the blessings of this world are uni
ted.” —Madam Saulnier overwhelm
ed the child with caresses. It may
be supposed they were sincere, for
she fondly imagined in the delirium
• of her feelings, that she was lavish
. ing them on the father. She had
i full V resolved to open her whole heart
. to her amiable neighbour in the even
> ing, but when the moment arrived,
i her heart failed her. In one of her
r letters to Paris, she thus expresses
; herself- “.In the absenc of .M .Schust
i ler, 1 feel the courage and intrepidity
. of u lion, as if 1 could freely disclose
to him ail my failings and all my
f various intrigues, but in his presence
. fam no longer the same creature, my
] fortitude forsakes me, and I am un
.. able to think of any thing but him
j self. ”
* For two long otj uu i
. lovers remain in this perplexing state
- uiivci larnty- Ai tf-ngth the tm
s portunity ot JVI. Schustler producer
? an eclaircisement to this distressing
- dilemma. One day, after dinner,
haying expressed to her, in the most
t animated terms, the sincerity of his
, passion, he continued:
j u U my lovely friend be as free as
> mysell; it her heart own no engage-
I meat; and if my person and fortune
. are not despised, let her frankly avow
her sentiments. If they be propi
( Bous to my wishes, she shall in two
. days become my wife, the mother of
, my child, and the author of niy hap
piness.”
“ Before I reply to your generous
, and honourable proposal, permit me,
my dear friend, to unfold to you my
whole heart: are you not afraid of
’ j regretting your choice ? Do you
; know who I am ?”
•’Hold, madam; only suffer me to
ask it you are free from" any engage
ments.”
“ Most assuredly I am, as free as
the winds.”
“ Have you no dislike to my person?
May not my young daughter appear
to you a troublesome charge ?”
“ Your daughter a charge ! I will
be to her the most affectionate of rqo
thers. And as for you, jny dear
j Schustler, I will no longer pretend
ito conceal my sentiments. I candid
ly confess that I love you.”
“ And 1,” rapturously exclaimed
the transported lover, “ i adore, I
idolize you. in the mean time, I
want no futher confessions, no more
acknowledgements. If what you
j aie about to say is intended to re
commend yourself to my esteem, you
may spare yourself the trouble; no
thing can make me love yon more
sincerely thau I now do. If on the
contrary you have been guilty of in
discretions, it will be useless for me
now to know them. Nothing can
i lessen the ardent passion I feel for
, you. Thou lovely object of all mv
wishes, I desired only the confession
ot one secret; that most precious one
has escaped you, I am satisfied.”
Fight days after this she received 1
the hand of M., Schustler at the foot '
of the alter. The commission with I
which she had been charged by the ■
French government remained as yet i
unexplained. i
She spoke of the anther of the I
manuscript, and of his arrest, as of a •
circumstance which had came to her 1
knowledge by mere accident. 1
“\Vhat!”said her husband, “have *
you then heard of my friend’s mis- ■
fortune? 1 too was exposed to the <
most imminent danger by that cursed *
business. It was to me he confided <
the fatal manuscript only a few day# C
before his atrest, but on th P f
in at ion of his seizure 1 lr >wH
to the flames.”
His wife made no further t,. H|||
; she immediately wrote to 1
; pal agent concerned in h Pr
i acquainting him with the
i stance, and assuring him tlimp® 6 ®
. perial majesty might make
, perfectly easy in regard to this
> she had then ascertained \\ "‘''Hi
i memorial had been destroyed VB
’ the emperor had nothing t& ',-
- Under various pretences f,. Pg|
', cused herself to her employersußl
, returning to France, having rJ.'WI
■ she said, in Bohemia a degree
r piness which her own country
e not afford her.
Her confidential friend i„ p Hj
wh ; is now blind, and residing H
her. was directed to disposeohirHi
effects of Madame Schustler- !811
she executed her order with
It was from this friend that
the particulars of this singular ji'
ture have been obtained.
i ' Thus was happily terminated B
affair commenced under auspi ffi
the most favourable to the
concerned—and thus a lovely
accomplished lady, who had'
regretted her aberrations from BE
paths of virtue, was restored to
enjoyment of respect and happi n ß||
Yet it makes one shudder ■
how ruinous might have been SS
consequences. To introduce a S
man, of whose life and character B|
i knew' notliing, to be a partner of l^B
| home and fortunes, was highly
j ble, especially as she was to act
mother to a beloved child, I|B|
choice of a husband or wife is fSk
most serious circumstance of PI )H
lives; the blindness of passion uiiigH
renders us wretched to the end of
’ days, wlien we perhaps leave a U B
uierous offspring still suffering ancttß
the calamities our folly created. B
] Mni&mto, I
THURSDAY, OCTOBER‘jt, M B
, ITT The Rev. Wm . Capers, by
cumstancea beyond his control, witiul
r prevented from prrachitig-, as was es-l
? pccteit, at this place on Sunday next. I
. ■
> For the Chronicle and Advertiser. I
- Mr. Hannon,
When writing my last, I had art
sufficient leisure to reply to “ Savan
, nali” o.i fully as I wished; I will not
a bestow on him, (or rather on tW
for whom he appears as an advocate)
rather more time, and endeavour to
r shew to the community, how easily
, he can make assertions without the
t ability of proving them. “ Savan
s nah” denies that to make freights uni
form and moderate was among the
s strongest arguments urged in favor of
- incorporating the 9pmpany,and ap
; peals to the Legislators in support of
his denial. To them lam willingto
■ submit the point; because where one
> asserts and the other denies, the com
f munity, recollecting past facts, will
• judge for themselves. I charged the
company with not keeping their
boats and servants as actively era
, ployed as they could do, and thereby
causing losses to the stockholders
which charge “ Savannah” admits by
saying for weeks together (how ma
ny weeks does he mean) the officers
of the Company had nothing to do.
This is precisely the point of which
I complain, and on which I insisted
that the company ought to do busi
ness sufficient to prevent such waste
of time and money, as was and is
daily exhibited on the wharf. I as
serted that the company charged
double as much on goods up the ri
ver, as the same goods pay from N.
York to Savannah, which is also ad
mitted, and lam told if I would in
quire into it I could learn the reason.
It is enough for the public to know
the fact, and it is for the company to
shew its necessity, ere its propriety
can be allowed. I am farther refer*
red to the agent for the reason why
the boats are so unusually long in un
loading : this reference, shews the va
lidity of the accusation : and being
acknowledged as valid, the agent of
the company ought publicly to have
stated the cause, without making a
second call necessary. For me it is
sufficient to point out the faults, and
it is the company’s duty to correct
them.
“ Savannah” says, freights have
“ always been lower, since the estab
lishment of the company than be
fore.” This assertion is so destitute
of facts, as to need but little refuta
tion. By reference to the company’s
books it will be found that last sea
son while there was plenty of water
in the river for active business, they
asked from ,fl 50 to $2, for the
freight of each bale cotton carried to
Savannah; and yet, this candid wri
ter says, freights have “ always” been
lower since the establishment of the
company than before. I have known
it, before the establishment of the
company, at 50 cents per bale. What
then becomes of ‘ Savannah’s’ vera
city ? I made no attack on the offi
cers for taking their ease, nor do *