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V, .V ■■ J : V< ■. ttaaai nov T»« KV*TO»nS VTEia. ■ LOVE. tor* is my theme—a theme full dften sung By inexperienced bards; who vainly try To solve its subtle power; and among . Them all, none has done it: therefore 1 Shall prove tliat love (as you will plaVnly * -see) Is “leu c, still love,” whatever eHe it be. ■Love's power is various, as itssrtbjeds are, • And full as indescribable likewise :» ttbaa a strange effect upon the fair; And taught a fool met to be wondrous wise, And also once, against all sense or rub . Made* wise man a mo»t .prodigious fool. Jls strange effects upon the mind are seen In this : it ihakes the reverend maid in ,• l " years Ape the irifanKie graces of sixteen ; And pert Misis Sixteen when in love, ap pears . ' ■ F-nrapt in bliss, or'sunk in melancholy, * And laughs and talks—to show her teeth and folly. Love,- in a head where brains had never been, Quin’d footing, and the owner warmly horn’d, Tto make his love known to the fair; and when Hi- dropp'd pursuit—the action stood alone, • /‘The only Wise thing he had aver done. Not so the min of brains-; he also loved. And loved intensely; meeting s rebuff ( JUid hopeless that his mistress could, be mov’d, A* though his failure were not bad e nough, fie shot himself when passion hid the * rule, , And proved that love had made him quite a fool. Love ip a nondescript, too, sometimes rsges, (Its operations there are odd as can be) | saw one laboring under its list stages— v (Said nondescript is sometimes called V : - a dandy)— He swelled and raged with divers puffs ~*r- ■ t- and flings, ” i T!ntU it broke ins—heart ? no !—corset strings 7 • !' I,ove has an attribute called tostacy, ... Which to describe no oneshoHld rude ly dash on t The task wer* never .UndertooWhy toe, V Buj; that myself have felft the . i tender passion /’ • ’ And she f truly lov’d Was kind, and we Were doubly blessed in loving mutually. •w' v An hoar propitious came »■ no longer coy, '• -1 seized her Willing hand'to squeeze it, and . She scream’d —but ‘ mark me 1’ not a acream of .jSy— She screHudd—(ah me !) she screamed* * you hurt my hand !’ There was a cooling magic in these words’ to sever Ohr hands and hearts—that did it, and for ever. All, on this theme Os love, that hath oc curred, I’ve stated all, its ups, downs, ins and outs. And hope my readers, if before they've err’d Upon this subject, now trill drop their, doubts, Asid own that lovd (and thus agree with me) Is “love, still love,” whatever els* it be. *»li Speaking ofthe munificence ofiddivid- Ualsin Massachusetts in endowing refigif ions and literary institutions, the New- York Evening Post says “We notice in ,js list ot benefactions to the Xheglogic* Institution at Andover, the following- Samuel Abbott, Esq. 210,000—William Bartlett, Esquire g4o,ooo—Mrs..Nofrriis, 2^0,000 —William Phillips & Son J 515,000 dohu Noris, esq. glO.ooo—ltufus Brown, esq. gIQ,OOO. ! &reid garden Sfeed SORTS, Tp|UT up bythe SHAKERS, and warren ted.— ALSO 30 doz, London Mustard W arranted F( <■ sh and good—Just lleceiv edand for ,sale by J>avid Sm ith Co* Z / ... , , Southcide V lke .Market. * - Oftcdbber 38 -2m; ' , a ' '’ l . " £—* i. i '.Vi 1.. ■»■ v «wm ! ■ i ... ■ - publish* IT > KEJijV » CBAMLtOJt, . -—■■ -■■——: * * ,Vt* r ■ Thursday IWwAng. —V ,■_■ -- ■- n t "• DON XAVIER MINA- Capture, Death,, and character of the eele* (/rated chief Don Xavier Mina. From Uobinson’s History of the Mexican Uevolntiofi Recently published. At the dawn of the morning of the 27th of October, 1818, Ortantias’s cavalry sallied from the ambush, and *' advanced in full speed on Mina’sen- Icampment. The troopers of Mina; finding themselves'cut off from their hoi sea at pastare, mingled with the 1 infantry, whose first impulse waste r. save themselves by flight. If thirty infantry only had united at thatjunc ture, such was the situation of the ground, that they could have repel* s led the whole force of Orratitia, or at least could have held him in check and made good their retreat. But officers and soldiers thought of no* s thing but their own safety—in the ut most disorder they rushejl. to gain the summit of the hills, and thence eseape by the barancas in the rear. Mina, awakened by the noise and tumult of his flying troops, started r from the floor, and rushed out ot the house in the same apparel in which 1 he had passed the night, without coat, hat, or even Kis sword. Re gardless of his person, his first ob ject was to attempt the rallying of mis flying troops; but all his exertions were unavailing. Me soon found himself alone. He beheld the enemy ’• pursuing and cutting down his flying cumradesj and attempted, when tot. late, to secure his own safety: but the enemy were upon him. Still hallooing to the fugitives to halt and form, he was seized by a dragoon ; having no arms whatever, resistance was useless. If Mina, on first leaving tho house, had attempted to escape, he might have succeeded with as much ease as . many others; butwe suppose such a thought never entered his mind. His favorite servant, a coloured boy i of New Orleans, after the general left the house, saddled his best horse, and went in pursuit of his master, carrying his sword and pistols ; but unfortunately he found him not. The dragoon who captured Mina was ignorant of the tank of his pris oner, until informed of it by the general himself. He mss then pini oned, and conducted into the pre senceof Orrantia, who in the most ar F rogunt manner began to reproach him for having taken up arms against his sovereign, and to interrogate him concerning his motives in thus be coming a traitor, insulting him, and lavishing upon him the bitterest crim inations. Mina who on the most trying occasions never lost his pre sence ot mind and characteristic firmness, replied to the interroga toriesin so sarcastic a strain, and with such, strong expressions of cou teippt and'indignation manifested in ids countenance, that the brutal Orrantia started (rom his seat, and heat with the flat of-his sword his dis armed and' pinioned prisoner. Mi na, motionless as a statue, endured this indignity: and then, with a crvst brightened by conscious greatness! and an eye glowing with the fires of an elevated spirit; he looked down upon his and said, “ I re gret being made a prisoner; but to tall into the hand# of one regardless of the character of a Spaniard and , a soldier, renders my misfortune doubly keen,” The magnanimity of Minafiiled every man present with admiration, and even Orrantia stood j confounded with the severity of his 1 i 1 rebuke; The capture of Mina was considered by the Spanish government as an e vent of such high importance, that they have honoured the present vice* roy, Don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, with the title of Comic del Tenaditto. Linan and Orantin have been present ed with military crosses 5 and to the dragoon who actually took Mina, a yearly stipend has been assigned, accompanied by promotion to the station of a corporal. A letter, purporting to be w.itten by Mina to Linan, on the 5d Novem ber, after his capture, has -appeared in thO Mexican Gazette, which, al though it contains nothing but what might be expected from a man whose mind was soured by the conduct of such men as Padre Torres, yet is couched in a style that renders it a conspicuous documentbesides that the whole tenor of Mipa’s conduct, from the moment of his capture to that of his execution, forbids the be lief of his having written the letter in question. We further know, that subsequent to his capture, he wrote a letter to his countryman, Don Fab loErdoziau; who commanded it the work of Tepeaca, in which letter, written in the provincial dialect es Navarre, ho'gives some instruct Mos about his own private affairs, arid concludes by wishing Erdezian suc cess, and exhorting him to pursue a QBUdttct u&skod by honaf and c^o. F --* r ' . *r P> aislesWe hWe'iUbught pfoper 1 to mention these WcUiristahces, in ' order to counter ct any erroneous 1 impression that in iy have been made I by the publicationjbefore alluded to in the Mexican G zette. We have* on other occasion n oticed the recan tations and pen tential documents published in tha Gazette, relative to Hidalgo, More is, and other pa triotic chiefs, all >f which are now well khirtvh to hi ve been forgeries of the royalists, the purpose of deceiving the : Five of the officers of Mina’s di vision, and some few soldiers, esca ped from the Venadito, Don Jose Maria Llcesgo succeeded in his flight on horseback. The Creole troops ifi generaUfegan iheir flight so early ih the alarm, thit they had time to conceal themselves in the broken ground. Os tie division, fohr men were killed. 'Don Pedro Moreno, who had fled upthc side of the barranca, was overtaken, Jellied, and hie head severed froii his body ; Don Mariana Hercra, and .about fourteen of the troops \vere made prisoners, t k .ese, with the exception of Don Mariano, were executed. Orrantia, after the scehewehave already noticed, in quired the force of the patriots in his neighborhood. Mina informed him when, conceiving perhaps that a desperates effort might b( made to rescue the general, he immediately retreated'upon Silao with! every in dignity. This ungenerous treat ment was borne by Mini with his characteristic fortitude. The situa tion of his companions' engrossed his reflections, ahtf'while on the road, his endeavors to cheer them up were constant. . On reaching Silao, he was put in to irons by his savage conductor. Thence he was relieved to Irapueto, and finally to Lifian’s head quarters in front of Tepeaea at Los Remedois, whei c he was committed to the care of the regiment of Navarre. 'There, his treatment was such as a brave man deserved 5 every humane atten - tion was shewn Him; and his situation was made as comfortable as possible. We have understood that among the papers which tell into the hands of the enemy were some in cipher. To obtain an explanation of these was a matter of great consequence, because they tfould dcvelopc the names of certain patriots who resi ded within their Walls, and who had held correspondence with Mina. Fortunately/for the writers, Mina had been accustomed, on receiving any communication of importance; t-o co py it, and destroy the original. All nis answers totheir enquiries breath ed fidelity to a cause in which he had been so shamefully treated, and thus displayed in a new light the noble ness of his character! We hive con versed with some royal officers who were present at these conversations ; and they have assured us, that siWh was -the admiration excited by his conduct, that there were few officers in Xiinau’g army who did not sympa thise in Mina’s misfortune, and were much snore disposed to liberate than to sacrifice him. Upou the arrival at Mexico of the express which had been dispatched to announce the capture ol Mina, couriai s were sent by the viceroy to every part of the kingdom, to con vey the cheering intdHjence. Te Deums were chanted in the - church; salutes of Artillery, 7 illuminations, and rejoicings, took place in every town in possession of- the royalists; and such was the general joy among them, that they hailed the capture of Mina as the. termination of the re volution. These demonstrations on the part of the government and its adherents, are in themselves ho com mon eulogiam on the character of Mina. In the city of Mexico, a great anx iety prevailed to behold Mina, and had he reached that place, great in terest would have been made to save his life; but the viceroy, fearing the consequences that might ensue should he be brought thither, and being in constant dread least he should es cape, dispatched an order to Linan for the immediate execution of his prisoner. When this order was tommunica ted to Mint, he received it without any visible emotion. He continued 1 to resist all overtures for the .pur- | pose ofdrawing information from him I but regretted that he had not landed i in Mexico one year sooner, when his i services would have been more effec tive. He likewise regretted quitting 1 life so deeply indebted to certain in- i dividual*, who had generously aided hi* enterprise.- On the 11th November (as well as we can now recqUetj lie was conduc ed under a militate icscort to the fa tal ground, attended by a file of the Cacadores of the regiment of Zara goza. In this last scene of his life was theJicro of Navarre not unmind- i ful of his character; . with a firm step { he advanced to the fatal spot, ahd I with his usual serenity told the sdl- ( (tiers to take good aim, ,YnoraelJa- ' don’t leLffie shf- s fee.) The officer commanding gave < the accustomed signal; ther.firftd; \ Mfrs*eai<whieb, ] * tor all the hero and the patriot, teemed to n have been born for the good of man- t kind. , , So anxious was the government t that his death should bo confirmed, h that Linan was instructed that a t surgeon from each European regi- r meet, and a captain of every compa- r ny, should attend the execution, and 1 moreover describe the manner in t which tho balls entered his body, and < note the one that caused his Heath. I This was done, and the singular do- s cumentwas afterwards published in 1 the Gazette of Mexico. 1 Thus perished this gallant youth, j in the twenty eighth year of his age. His short but brilliant career enti- ( tics him to a distinguished place on i the list of those heroes who have shed ; their blood in bold and gencrour ex ertions to break the tyrant’s sceptre, am! to extend the blessings of liec dom among the human race. No man was ever better calculated to execute an enterprise of hazard than Xavier Mina. His person was slight, but well formed, and about five feet seven inches in height. His physical structure was well adapted for action. His moral qualities were great; personal valor he possessed in an eminent degree. Serene in the hour of danger he was always pre pared to seize upon any advantages that were offered by the conjuncture of events. At the head of his men, he infused into them his own spirit. In his diet, he was frugal in the ex treme; no privations nor hardships seemed to affect him. .He always preferred the simplest beverage. His cloak and saddle were his usual bed; even in the worst of weather, when every accommodation could have been afforded him, be encamped with his troops. "'He was affable, generous, and candid; bis moderation and hu manity were alike conspicuous, and to all the qualities of the soldier her united the manners and accomplish ments of the gentleman, gMMHMHWMMMN INDIAN CHARACTER. W« have obtained the following letter, as a singular proof of the de votion and hardihood of the Indian character, \tiien uninfluenced by civilization. W« are pleased at be ing able to state that a correspond ing magnanimity exists in the War Department, and that orders are giv en to liberate the old chief who had surrendered himself in the place ol his son. The allusion in the letter to the “ British flag,” we presume, refers only to a flag of the llorth West Company, having no connection with the British government. We are also gratified to learn that the murders referred to have nothing of general hostility on the part of the Indians, being the unauthorized acts of solitary individual: Cnntonntonl of Si. Peter*, Not). 13, 1820. Sir: When I had tho honor to ad dress you,on the 10th inst. from the disposition then manifested by the Sussitongs, I had no hope of obtains ing the surrenderor the murdererj of our people on the Missouri; buti, contrary to my expectations, one of the murderers, and an old chief, self deyoted in the place of his son, work voluntarily brought in and deliver ed up yesterday. The ceremony oif delivering them was conducted with much solemnity: a procession was formed at some distance from the garrison, and marched to the centre of our parade; it was pre ceded by a Sussitcng, bearing, the British nag; die murderer and the devoted chief followed, with their arms pinioned, and large splinters of wood thrust through them above (he elbows, to indicate (as I under stood) their contempt ol pain and death. The relations and friends of the prisoners followed, and on their way joined them in their death song. When they arrived in front of the guard, the British flag was laid on a fire, prepared for the occasion, and consumed; the murderer gave up his medal, and both the prisoners were surrendered. The old chief 1 have detained here as a hostage; the mur derer I have sent to St. Louis, under a proper guard, for trial, presuming that is a course you will approve. lam much indebted to Mr. Colin Campbell, the interpreter, for his great exertions in bringing, this af fair to a happy issue; the delivery of the murderer is attributed solely to his influence over the Sussitongs. With the highest respect, I hate the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant J. SNELLING, Col.fth-Inf. Hon. J. C.Calhoun, Secretary of War. From the Philadelphia Gazette. Description of the Interior t/t'he New Uni . ted States’ Bank Building- This edifice is situated in a north and south direction, fronting on Chesnut and Library streets. Its lengfh, including the Porticos, is 16l feet, and breadth, in front 87 feet. The floor of the principal, or ground story, is elevated nine feet surroun ded on all sides by a terrace 14 feet wide., feet, and paved with Uis»d {jag stones joiotud togflbc*, I ' Thfe milo •ntifauce is from Chc«- nut-street, by a flight of marb e itcps, extending along the whole front of the Portico. The door m the centre open* into a large Vesti bule, with circular ends, embracing the Transfer and Loan Offices on tne right and left, together with a com modious Lobby leading to the Bank ing room. The Vestibule ceding is a prolonging pannclled dome, divi ded into three compartments by bands enriched by the Guilloclns springing from a projectin' Impost contains a sunken frette. The pave ment is cessillated with American and Italian marble throughout. The Banking room occupies the centre of the building, being 48 leet wide, its length 81 leet, in an east and west direction and lighted ex clusively from these aspects. Its leading features present a double range of six fluted marble inches diametre, at a distance of 10 •feet each, from the side walls, form a screen or Gallery tor the Clerk’s desks, which are placed within the intercolumniation. These columns are of the Greek lonick order, with a frill Entablature h blocking course, on which the great central and late ral arches are supported; the central arch be,ing semi-cylindrical is 28 feet in diameter, by 81 feet in length, and subdivided into seven compartments, with projecting concentric platbands ■■ -y J O ~ * aver .anil of equal diameter with each column, the intervals being enrich ed with square sunken mouiden pan uelg—this ceiling is 35 feet Irorn the floortothe crown of the arch, exe cuted great precision and ef fect. An Istmian wreath, carved in one engirt block of Pennsylvania white marble, surrounds the clock face, which occupies the space of the first panned over the Entablature in the centre; the design of which is copied from the reverse of an an tique geia found at oorinth, anil de scribed by Stuaut, in his valuable work en the antiquities of Athens. The tellers counters arc compost'd of marWe, forming pannelled pedes tals, across each end of the banking room, commencing at the first column from each of the end walls. Tire President and Cashier’s room together with the Spuiai deposit vault and a flightjof private marble stairs, open from the Banking room on the north; the south side embraces the Assistant Cashier, Chief Clerk, vaults and Vestibule leading to the Stock holders room. The Stockholders room is a paral lelogram of 28 feet by 50 feet, being lighted from a south front, having a groinarched ceiling with projected platbands enriched with the Guillo chis springing near the base of the groin angle across the semi-circular intrados of the arch. Each end of this room is ornamented with nineti es 8 feet wide, the heads of which form an architrave concentric with the semi circular pannels in the tym panum of the shortest diameter. The committee rooms from the Stockholders open right and left, by two flights of marble stairs leading to the clock chamber, and other apart ments on the second story. The private stairway from the Banking room, leads tb the Directors, Engra vers and Copper-plate printers rooms being lighted from thereof by a plan oconvex glass light, 20 inches in di ameter and six inches thick, manu factured in Boston, by Messrs. Jar vis & Co. the light being inserted in a marble curb, is placed on the ap pex of a cone which perforates the arch above the staii way. All the internal doorjambs, sills, and inposts arc of marble—-the fire places principally under the win flows, and formed within the thick ness of the external walls, and cov ered with thick cast iron plates. The Banking room is amply warm ed by two cast iron furnaces, lined with fire brick, being simply erect ed within an air chamber, through which the external atmosphere pass es and becomes heated by the furnace it then rises through the arch into a circular cast iron pedestal perforated on the skies, out of which it is suf fered to esespe into the room. TTie whole body of the building is arehed in a bomb proof manner from the cellar to ths roof, which is coversd with copper. All the groin arches are girdled at the springing lines'with iron springs passing round within the body of the uivision wall. It may be here practically useful to observe that all things of a public nature should be thus constructed as the only safeguard against the ra nges of tiie incendiary and the no less fatal but inevitable attacks of time. Philadelphia, Deeentver 20, 1830. ~~ i . n** - A. B. Hayden, DENTIST. AGAIN offers his professional services to the Ladies and Gentlemen Os Au gusta for a few weeks. Persona wishing to be waited on at their place of residence will please send a note to bis lodgings st the Mansion Rouse. <C£ Hayden's approved Dsntifrioc and Tooth Brushes of the first qualify, may be' hadas above. DfCetyjtisrZp ts ls» ill. Prim the .V York Commercial i he enclosed is a profit and loss sh* 0 f the Bank of the United States, d riw , from the statement published inai H( Daily Advertiser. So far as the BUtl ment famishes date, it is offered,, correct estimate of the profit on paper, ie presumed the mult is such i, M Houston himsel I would offer, ifl*,, required to make a profit balance ft, his own statement. The statement itself, however, tW it furnishes a good approximation u, truth, will not give it exactly, because, statements of the different Brand at e not made out on the soma dug. certainly surprising; that the Dire«, at this late period of the tnsutuii have not taken measures to obviate ! difficulty.—The result, as here sfi (| i w j|| not, however, 1 presume, b» t from the truth, and any person cm, ■ himself; make a pretty near approacl - it by the following method. The * counts of the mother bank, itsppean I turning to the statement, are made cj “ the 3oth October. Let the enqniierl 3 I,„ eye on ihc column of discount, • change and interest, and for the P| . mouth branch ask himself how B mote.thaqthe sum sot opposite t o] B that column, would tint bank iit the 8 tervnl between the’ 'J3d October, j II date of its statement) and the 30th of same month, (the time when,the p . institution made our its statement.) I him pursue the same method with ' rest, and the different sums thus ui t e d, add to the amount -which 11,an I I tented t the total will, I doubt nut, I, sufficiently satisfactory to any ream s person who may feel himself intsn therein. I In olfering a result so diff-rentl* what has already appeared from (liftA hands in u morning paper, I will on* mark, that 1 fesr no contradiction ■ any person who is practically scquii* with bank statements. I Funded debt, various Louisiana 54 per cent. Hills discounted 26^)^1,-8!B Bills of ex- I change 1,135,757 51 I Less on credit ■ side 37,555 55 ■ Baring & Bro- I thers 189,■ Hope & Co 63,2* Overdrawn < 199* Smith,Williams I a M’CuUocti 1,540,(1 Due from I branches 16,430,187 66 I Due to do 14,383,150 81 B| Due from “v I State hanks 2,625,996 99 El Due to do 1,175,905 01 Cash 13.3J3,* Real estate/permanent ex- Ed pences, and bonus 1,393,5 i 57,741,8 Capital 34,676,958 63 ■ Dividends un- H claimed 23.079 80 ■ Bank notes H payable 11,621,380 04 El Daring and ■ - Hope &Co 2,040,000 00 H Deposites 6,149,787 53 Hi PROOF. WM Discount re ceieved 645,723 92 Bj| Profit W loss 2,668,244 30 » Damages 26,048 56 H| LOSS. ■ Interest 8,200 00 Hli Expenees 89,718 94 Deficiencies 310,445 24 EH 2,931 H This is the fair amount of profit*| —But what is the just value ol'Hi lowing items I Hills discounted 26,9?|H| Bills of exchange l.loi^H Overdrawings 199*| Smith & Co and Williams wBS . . k M'Culloch 1,54*1 Real estate, &c and Bontrs In order to make out the forrflß moutA of profit, it is necessary that th. items are worth what .iur without any deduction. r Ev«*p can pais his own judgement ontl*p make what abatement he plean*|| balances from the different arc also assumed as perfectly JKi whether they all are so Dnie onH* termine. ■■ It is als;» necessary to beef in a* in the items of cash, there' iifl&ll 955,899 08 in notes of other Aa/ii'iHM ther any part of this sum is in oft insolvent banks, I do not Jcn*kMl therefore will not take Upon me ■EM I merely suggest this as a suhjcijg* quiry and calculsthMr' to tho«sH*| interested therein. Ohei ■ - bro* From the Southern TABLETONIZINO my “Nothing new undtr the iu»|P [RccUiiatmfm “For out of the old fields, as rowgft Cometh all this new core, froM**” yerc; _■ And out of old books in good Cometh all this nnot science that [Chaucer’s assembly */EC| “It is much to be regretted, * following character of Robert thor of “A Groat’s worth of witBST with a Million of *UpenUn#V!*||| published when the Jianaetre Tarleton was piayjng ry tricks on horseback, during HHI when South Carolina was ov * rfl *|!!| British troops. _ “Greene, says Harvey, s *”*’**l poet Spenser, was known by tk< **| Jnfortmatue. He died in buried near Bedlam. The.OfjHßsl death waa a surfeit of herrings ishwine. '. . :4 „ “I was altogether unscqo*|' l *H the man, « n d never once “ ,u, “*i|| name; but who in London hath ■||||| of bis dissolute and licentious. **H| vain glorious and Phrasonica! v*H| piperly extemporising snd his apish counterfeiting W Jo® toy; 1® fine gpzecing 4 ■