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POETRY.
J'rom the N, Y. Evening Post.
It mailer* nut its hl-'tory : love has wings
Like li/btning, jwilt aiul fatal , uml it
spring*,
J.iko o wild flower, where it is least ex
pected,
A%s£ir& vv butter Cherished or rejected.
L. E. L.
Te'l tne not that time will sever
from its idolatry the bra t ;
The llama it once hath cherish'd, never
From il* altar w ill depart.
It may long neglected lie,
Without n ray of light revealing,
But a word, a tear, a sigh,
A sunbeam from its idol's eye.
Will restore each buried feeling.
Tall me not that now suppressed, <
Most slumber every recollection
Os one w ho ever hath possessed
All my heart knew of affection.
To roam an exile, in despair,
My kindred and my country leaving,
i could bring my mind to bear ;
But let me carry with me (hero
Some token of lantlie’s giving.
Tell me not in after years
1 shall find some other band,
With wore delightful hopes and fears,
TANARUS„ clasp mine in (he saraband :
That, as clouds on summer skins
Sport in bright succession ever,
New affections will arise
Tor each blighted one that dies
Can 1 believe il ?—Never!
Bid the sire, grey-headed grown
fit-side hi, ■ -n ancestral hearth,
Desert the cons.-c"■ ted st<we,
fha only spot he holds on earth :
Bid the mother leave the grave,
When thn funeral rights are done
Over all she aoueht to save,
Her soldier hoy, bright eyed and brave,
Her lov’d and only oue :
But never liiiuk that ! can tear
from my heart its passion flower,
Nor leave a dreary desert there,
A* desolate as winter’s bower—
Or lonely us that home appears
To linn who (rendu his native shore
From u long pilgrimage of tears,
sod finds not those in alter years
Who w elcom’d him of yore.
Although by fate estranged from me,
Still let me have one hallowed name—
Though mine it never more may be,
Still let me cherih it the same.
The heart without the flame it fed,
In its morn of love divine,
Ad alter is, w hose fire is dead—
A hark, whose guiding star has fled—
Is passion’s ruin'd shrine. N. H. L.
From the Connecticut lit raid,
.nx case is desperate!
To H \RRIF.I.
O Harriet, alas! 1 bring
My wofnl suit again,
And if it does not suit thee now,
A I rss thou must remain !
For here I've ratsbane ami n rope,
A knife by which to bleed,
Ami one of them, if you refuse,
.Must do the fatal deed !
Cell me now, around whose lizai-t,
Still twines each lingering hope/
Shall I around my drooping neck
Entwine this hempen rope ?
i tie clinic* is thine, to have me hang
fly wedlock's cords to Ihee,
Or by this cord to see me liantj
From yunder branching tree/
i've draw n this dagger from its sheath,
1 lie blade is sharp and strong,
.The hiK will do its office well—
— I cannot linger long !
See ’ as [ point it to my breast,
How Isright the edges shine !
’Now will you opc your heart to me,
Or must I open -nine !
’ he phial too is in my hand,
I he cork is ready drawn,
1 press it to my lips, for oh .
Its strength will soon he gone.
Now shall 1 drink the bliss of love,
My life ned love ! O say !
Or shall I drink lliisdeadlv draught,
And love my life away ?
Alas / that arguments like these
Oan never weigh thee down ; ,
While one alone must swing me up
before the gazing town.
So now adieu, my Harriet,
My loved, my only fair/
I or thee I leave this world below
To dangle in the air ! O !-() !-0 !
The Elfin Huntsman. —A gentleman
Who not long ago, dwelt in the remote
l- art Dumbartonshire, in addition to a
jmny and a couple o! beautiful grey
hounds, entertained a monkey that had
been, sent hitn by a military officer from j
<J ibralter. Pug had formed a particular
friendship w it it the two dogs, and it whs \
no unfrequent sight to behold him seated j
on the back of on® of them cantering a-!
cross the lawn in front of his master's 1
dwelling, and apeing all the airs of a |
lirst rate sportsman. .Mr ,bavin”
risen early one morning, mounted his
sheltv, and taking along with him the
two barriers, had scarcely emerged from
the shrubbery that surrounded the an
cient mansion, when pug, contrary to
liis wish, unexpectedly appeared, and
was permitted, after a gentle reprimand
to take his usual seat on the back of one
of his favorites. After proceedin'’
through several fields, and affording, In
their conjoined drollery, abundance of
mirth to their worthy master, a hare
suddenly started up, a few ridges from
t’ne uose ofthe unencumbered greyhound
andscitddcd along with all the swiftness
v. was master of: when it w asinstiircllv
pursued by both of the dogs pi.g all the
w hile retaining liis sent w ith w onderful
eier.ee, as.Muzzeppc-like, he (le v with
his gallant steed around the side of a
v.ioory hill, with his tiny arms clumped
“firmly round bis neck The gentleman,
soon lost sight cf them, but, putting
spurs to his pony, followed, as nearly as
he.could guess, the direction they had
iken, and coming up w ith a Highlander
who was busily employed building a
smue-dike, be inquired of him ifhe had
seen any dogs pass by. “Toggs, bless
your honour,” responded .Male mi hut
saw yr win Mungo only ten minutes
syne, tr icing a hare wi’ahur speed, and
“ “ft rode a v.ee auld mile, on a grey
galloway, at sic a rate that ntucklo de'il
1 ’r nain sell’ could no o’tak her.”
From this description Mr had no
couht that the trio vrhieh hat occas’.on
• and so pinch wonder to the Hijftlander
were his own ; and checking his pony,
a* h** had lost hope of overtaking them,
1” fudged quietly round to the otimr
side ofthe Will, whereY mirahih dicta) lie
‘i” 1 '* ‘)'* “fey harrier returning with its
n.ler, who. upon ap-wiebing bin mas _
t-r. instantly ‘k.wjiomtte.l, and laid the
•and ad hare ,t his feet, (taring earned it
l uwith hs sen from’the spot „y H ,, e j,
was killed by Mungo, nearly half a rd!r
d:st.i4j. Ait.—-, on'..ftij gup tl.aof-
putted pug on the head, ns are
ward for his aquilmman display ot'rra
son, and from that clay forward lie was
looked upon by all the oid wives and
children in the neighbotphyod as some
thing; so far akin to an elfin or a'fairv,
that until the day of his death, which
happened shortly after, the urchin who
ventured across the moor of— after
sunset or before sunrise, w.is allowed to
heposessed of no small degree of cottr
agi. — Calctltm inn Mercury.
Order o f Kright Templars.*- This re
ligious and military order, whose virtues
and prowess emblazon the historical
page, and the memory of whoso unmer
ited persecution will evo-ke tire tribute of
a sigh from every generous breast, ori
ginated in Jerusalem, A. !). llltl.
It would he useless, as Lawrie justly
observes, to attempt to prove that the
order of Templars is a branch of Free
Masonry. This fact has been invariably
acknowledged by Masons themselves,
and none have been more jealous to es
tablish it, than the enemies of tiie order.
The former admitted the fact, not only
because it was honorable to themselves,
but because it was true ; the latter have
supported it because, by Lite aid of a lit
tle sophistry, they hoped to employ it
to the disgrace of the Order,
In olden time, the chief and nritnarv
intention of the order was, to practice
the rites and mysteries of Free Masonry.
About the time of the KsiightsTomplars,
chivalry had arrived at its highest per
fection. The connexion between chiv
alry and free masonry is excellently ex
emplified in the fraternity of knights
Templars. It is well known that this
association is an order of chivalry-—that
the templars performed its ceremonies,
and w ere influenced by its precepts ;|
and it lias already been shewn, that the
same association was initiated into the
mysteries, was regulated bv the maxims,
and practised the rites of free masonry.
But though they acted in a double capa
city, it must he evident to all who study
the history of the templars, that their
masonic character chiefly predominated,
and that to them we are indebted for
the preservation of an institution, which
lias been a source of comfort and relief
to'tlro unfortunate and distressed, and of
the highest gratification and felicity to
the philanthropic, humane, and benev
olent.
Mr. Mills, in his learned and interest
ing history of chivalry, remarks, that
“ the orders of knighthood have always
been flexible to the change of society.
Indie statutes relative to tiic order of
the garter, the exaltation of the holy
faith, Catholic, is declared to be the
great purpose of the brotherhood. This
is expressed in the statutes of the order
promulgated in the reign of Henry the
Eighth; and the words are evidently
copied from earlier authorities. But the
exaltation of the Homan Catholic reli
gion, is certainly not in the minds of the
modern members of the garter.”
J?oin > of tho original, general princi
ples of the order of templars, have un
doubtedly 14 given way, and fitted them
selves to the occasions and demands of
society ; for like the. chain mail, which
was flexible to all the motions of the
body, the orders of chivalry have varied
with every change of European life.—
Ascetic privations govs place to chival
ric gallantry; the vo-.v. of chastity was
mitigated into a vow o? connubial fidel
ity. The ancient templars were so
dreadfully afraid of their virtue, that
they forbade themselves the pleasure of
looking in a fair woman's face ; at least
the statutes of the order attempted to
put down this instinct of nature. No
brothe r of the temple was permitted to
kiss maid, wife or widow, his sister,
j mother, or any relation whatever. The
j statute gravely adds, that it behoves the
I knights of Jesus Christ to avoid the kiss
es of women, in order that, they tnay al
ways walk with a pure conscience be
fore the Lord.” hi the fraternity of the
temple, a knight was at last permitted to
hold estates.
“In their origin, .all the military or
ders, and most ot the religious ones,
were entirely aristocratic; proofs of
gentility of birth were scrupulously ex
amined.'’ Hut in time the orders were
moulded to the geneiwl frame of politi
cal society and in Italy, where com
merce checked the haughtiness of no
bility, it was at length conceded, that
the sons of merchants should be at liber
ty to enter into the religious ardors of
I knighthood.”
Mr. Mills, after some remarks relative |
j to the conduct of the fraternities of St.
I John and the temple, and the Teutonic
knights in Palestine, during the middle
ages, proceeds as follows : ‘‘The valian
cy of the templars was particularly eon.
spicuous in the moments of the king
domVfinal fate ; for when the Christians
ol the holy land were reduced to the
possession cf Acre, and two hundred
thousand .Mameluke Tartars from Egypt \
were encamped round its walls, the de
fence of the city was entrusted to Peter
de Ueauiean, grand master of the tem
plars. And well and chivalrously did
he sustain his high and sacred charge.
Acre fell, indeed, but not until this he
roic representative of Christian chivalry
and most ol the noble followers of his
standard bad been slain. The memory
Ol the templars is embalmed in all our
recollections of the beautiful romance
of the middle ages; for the red cross
knights were the last band of Europe’s
host that contended for the possession
of Palestine. A few survived the fall
of Acre, and retired to .Sis in Armenia.
They were driven to the island of Tor
tosn, whence they escaped to Cyprus,
ami the southern shore of (lie .Mediter
ranean no longer rang with the cry of
religious war.
“ The origin and peculiar nature of
those three great religious orders, have
bee.! detailed by me in another work,
and also their history, as far as it was
connected w.th the crusades; but on
one subject our present deduction may
be carried further; for though the an
nals rrl the cavaliers of Ft. John and
also ol tile Teutonic knights are mixed
with general European history, yet
those of the templars stand isolated.—
In the history of tlm crusades, I describ
ed the circumstances ot the iniquitous
and sanguinary persitrution of the
•brotherhood of the temple, the conse
quent suspension of their functions,
md the spoliation of those possessions
with which the reject of the world had
enriched them.
“ Hut the perse ution of tie* templars
ill t!;i* fda;tecsith bentury, does not dvs .*
the history of the order : ft if though tne
knights were apoilated, the order was not
annihilated. In truth, the cavaliers
w ere not guilty, the brotherhood w as not
suppressed, and startling as is the asser
tion, there ‘has been a succession Os
knights templars from the twelfth cen
tury, down even to those days; the
chain of transmission is perfect in all
its links. Jacques de MoUi, the grand
mn*ter nt the time of the persecution,
anticipating nis own martyrdom, ap
pointed as his successor, in power and
dignity, Johannes Marcus Larmenius ol
Jerusalem; and from that time to tin
present there has been a regular and un
interrupted line of grand masters. The
charter by w hich the supremo authority
has been transmitted, is judicial and
conclusive (• valence of the order's con
tinued existence. This charter of trans
mission, with signatures of the various
chiefs of the temple, is preserved at
Paris, with the ancient statutes of tliq
order, the rituals, the records, the seals,
the standards, and other memorials of
the early templars. The brotherhood
has been headed by the bravest cavaliers
of France; by men who, jealous of the
dignity of knighthood, would admit no
corruption, no base copies of the order
of chivalry, and who thought that the
shield of their nobility was enriched by
the impress of the templars’ red cross.
Mr. Mills then gives a list of the grand
masters from 1311 to this dav ? slating
the time that each one titled the station.
The order has now for its grand master,
Harnardtts Rarmmdus Fabre Palaprat,
who was elected in 180-1, in Paris.—
There are colleges, or encampments, as
they arc sometimes called in England
in many of the principal cities of Eu
rope, and in America. “ Thus the
very ancient and sovereign order of Uve
temple is now in full and chivalric ex
istence, like those orders of knighthood
w hich were either formed in imitation of
it, or had their origin in the same noble
principles of chivalry. It has mourned
as well as flourished : but there is in its
nature and constitution a principle of
vitality which has carried it through all
the storms of fate. Its continuance, by
representatives as well as hv title, is as
indisputably a fact, as the existence of
any other chivalric fraternity. The
templars of these days claim no titular
rank, yet their station is so far identified
with that of the other orders of knight
hood, that they assert equal purity of
descent, from the same bright source of
chivalry. Nor is it possible to ii upturn
the legitimate claims to honorable esti
mation. which the modern brethren of
the temple derive from the antiquity and
pristine lustre of their order, without at
the same time shaking to its centre the
whole venerable fabric of knightly hon
or.’'—Old Dominion.
Sang Froiil. —During the Peninsular
w ar a French General, while engaged in
action, was about taking a pinch ofsnulf
from the box. of an Aide-de-camp on
his right hand, when the latter was
struck by a ball, which killed him on
the spot. The General immediately
turned to an Aide-de-camp on his lelt,
and said, “ 1 will thank you, sir, to give
me a pinch of snulfout of your box, as
our friend has taken his aim; m with, him.”
J
A worthy clergyman in the country
caused a road to be made through his
grounds for the accommodation of the
neighborhood. While lie was superin
tending the workmen, a nobleman rode
by, whose, life was not quite so regular
as it ought to have been. As he passed,
lie accosted the clergyman thus—“ Well
doctor, for all your pains, 1 take it this
is not the road to heaven.’’ “ True,”re
plied he, “for if it had been, I should
have wondered at seeing your lordship
here.”
Pome caution is requisite, in pacing
our opinions upon strangers; a caution
however, which few of us adopt. At a
public levee at the court of Ft. James, a
gentleman said to Lord <'hesterfield,
“pray, my lord, who is that tall, awk
ward woman, yonder?” “That lady
sir,” replied Lord Chesterfield, “ is my
sister.” The gentleman reddened with
confusion, and stammered out, “ no,
no, my lord, l beg your pardon; I meant
that very ugly woman, wiio stands next
to the tiueen.” “That ladv, sir,” an
swered Lord Chesterfield calmly, “that
lady, sir, is my wife.”
Turkish Cannon.—lt is singular that
in our conflicts with barbarians, or with
half disciplined troops, we generally
sustain a heavier loss than in our battles
with veterans and well organized armi
es. Whether this arises from our con
tempt of the enemy, inducing us to at
tack them at greater odds, or at closer
quarters, or that such foes are stimulated
by the fiercer passion of untamed nature,
we cannot determine, but the fact is
j well worth consideration. Our attack
on Algiers w asattended with a loss near
ly equal to any tiling we had ever sns- ;
tained on board of a fleet, and if we in
clude the number killed on board the
Russian ships at Navarino, we shall find
the total number of killed and wounded
to be nearly as great us in any of our bat
tles last war. With respect to the Turks,
this may arise from the extremely heavy
eanuofi which they generally use. In
our ships, and, we bcleive, in our batter
ies, we seldom use a heavier gun than
32 pounder. No man of war carries an
y cannon of a larger calibre, but the
1 urkrsh make use of got) pounders.—
When Sir J. Duckworth passed the Dar
danelles to attack Constantinople, in
IHO7, his fleet was dreadfully shattered
by these immense shot. The Royal
George was nearly sunk by only one
shot, which carried away her rut water:
another cut the maimnastof the Windsor
Castle nearly in two; a shot knocked
two ports ol the Thundered into one; the
Repulse 74, had her wheel shot away
and'2l men killed and wounded, hv a
single shot, nor was the ship saved but
bv the most wonderful exertions. One
ot these guns were cast in brass in the
reign of Amurat t it was composed of
two parts, joined by a screw - at the cham
ber, its breach resting against a massy
stono work ; the difficulty of charging
it would not allow its being fil ed more
th in ouee ; but, as a Parha once said
a single discharge would destroy almost
a whole fleet of an enemy. The Hnron
de Toss, tothe great terror ofthe Turks,
resolved to fire this gun. The shot
weighed 1100 lbs. and to load it took
*SO lb. dowder: he says “ I felt the
iho:k like an earthquake ?.t the distance
of 800 f.iiitomtf. T saw the ball divide
into three peices, and these fragments
of a rock crossed the strait, and reboun
ded on the mountains.” The heaviest
shot which struck our ship w as of grati
ie, and weighed 3000 b. and was two
feet two inches in diameter. One of
these huge shot to the astonishment of
our tars, stove in the whole larboard
lw of tiie atertfc; and havia thus
cruslu-d this imfncgse mass of solid tim
ber; the shot rolled ponderously aft and
brought up against the hschway, the
crew standing aghast at the singular
spectacle. A few years ago. a party of
English midshipmen crawled into one
of these guns to the no small amusement
of the Turks.”
roitncru.
IrAR TK EUnCPE.
’ I.AXES': KKOM EMU.AND.
By the arrival in New-York, on the
25th ult. of the ship Win. Thompson,
front Liverpool, whence she sailed on
the 17th March, London papers to the
lflih have been received. Isy the ex
tracts from the Observer of ihe 16th, it
w ill be seen that the question of war or
peace in Europe, is no longer doubtful
hut that Russia hug issued her declara
tion against Turkey.
Sunday, March If,.—Or Tuesday
night the Russian Ambassador received
despatches from his Court, containing
the Emperor’s Declaration of War a
gamst Turkey, and which was immedi
ately (MmnrmnicMeil by bis Excellency
to tin; Duke of Wellington and to the
Earl of Dudley, who sent intelligence
of the event to his Majesty. The Em
peror justifies th>- del Juration of War on
the ground of Turkey having violated
the treaty of Ackerman, and upon that
of her having excited the Persians to
their recent hostilities. To these arc
dded the closing of the Bosphorus a
gainst the trade of Odessa.
It is supposed that the Russians have
already crossed the Pnith, though the
1’ reneb papers pretend to believe that
they will nbt cross it until the 12th prox
imo. In tie meantime, the Turks are
once more resorting to a system of eva
sion and procrastination. The Reis Ef
(endi has declared his regret and sorrow
at the publication of the manifesto, and
protests that some of the most offensive
passages in it are positive forgeries,
whilst others have been miniterpreted
by the Allies. The Creeks Imre put
forth a manifesto, in which they lay
claim to a northern line of dcmnrkation,
almost the sarno v. ith what we pointed
out months tigo. This would include
ail the ancient G.xcia Borealis, v ith
1 hessaly ar.d Epcrus. to the confines
of Macedonia. Probably the people of
I.pirns are too much clit-r.atcd from the
Creels to form any integral part of
their kingdom, and the new division had
better not contain more than the aneiom
\oarnania and zEtolia, the line running
N. E., and includin': T,ocris, Phosis,
Doris, and Tessalv. The Freneh troops
have not yet left Toulon, nor have any
1 nglish troops embarked for Greece.—
The use of sttcli an erirnment cannot
be to oppose the Turks; it ran be
meant only to overawe the factious
chiefs and lawless heterogeneous masses
which compose the Creek population.
Another week may bring us more de
cisive. neves as to the Russian move
ments; but it is impossible that the Em
peror can have ventured upon a devia
tion Irom the treaty of July, without a
secret understanding with Austria ; for,
it Russia were ati equal match for this
power an'd Turkey combined, it i< obvi
ous that. England and Fiance, or either,
could turn Ibe balance against her. If
appears that about 18 of our sloops of
war escaped unhurt front the battle of
Xavarino, and great complaints have
been made that they were not employed
to prevent the escape of the Turkish
vessels that sailed to Egypt full of
Creek slaves. France his not less than
thirty five ships of w ar employed against
Algiers, and it is thought that the block
ade of that city has made the Algerines
verv desirous of peace.
The Battalions that compose the Brit
ish army in Portugal will embark, to
wards the close of the present month,
for their respestive destinations —abroad
and at home.
Prom the Mi •fliteur.
Pams, March 13.*—The news which
has been received to-day from Ft. Pe
tersbiirgh justifies the apprehensions
which were naturally conceived on the
effect which tile Turkish manifesto
would excite in that capital. This doc
ument. hv whatever name it may have
been called, has been considered bv the
Russian Cabinet as a real declaration
of war, with the more reason as repent
ed acts of hostility accompanied the
publication of if. The Bosphorus en
tirely closed against navigation; Rus
sian vessels conflacated—the influence
ol the Porte easily recognized in the
rupture of the treaty which Russia was
on the point of concluding with Persia
—the losses sustained by Odessa; so
many causes of complaint did not per
mit Russia again to refuse a defiance so
boldly ottered to its power and its mode
ration. We must, therefore, expect
shortly to rcreive official notice of the
passage of the Rruth by the Russian ar
my, and of the occupation of the princi
palities. It is affirmed, fliat orders have
been given for the army to commence
its march on the 12th of April.
It is still difficult to foresee what mnv
be the tonsequences, with respect to the
events of the Ctli of July, of a determin
ation which the provocations, all directly
proceeding from the Porte, seem to ren
der more peculiar to Russia. The confer
cnees at London si ill continue; the ob
ject of them will be to seek for means
to maintain the bond w hich the Porte
endeavors to break, and to make the oc
cupation of tlie principalities, which it
has rendered inevitable, co-ordinate with
the measures which it mnv appear pro
per to take simultaneously on the side
of the ltloiea and the Archipelago.
If this harmony, of which nothing
yet indicates the interruption, should
continue to direct the measures taken
on either side to attain the common ob
ject, the tranquility r*fi Europe might l<<*
guaranteed ; for it would he difficult to
believe that the Porte would still persist
in braving the demonstrations which the
European alliances would render so
formidable by its union. This union is
desirable for all parties, especially for
the Poftc. Sensible, at length to the
danger of its situation, it must end by
understanding it. We desire this. The
■ question. Loth for it ar.d for the peace
1 of E .rope, is to bo decided between the
Pruth and the Danube.
After the passage of the Pruth, the
Porte, will doubtless consider more at
tentively the evidence of the danger, and
the necessity of its submission, as well
to the proposals of the CthofJuly, as to
the condition of the treaty of Akertnan,
which remains to be fulfilled—lt is up
on the banks of the Danube that w e must
wj h that satisfaction mavhe obtained,
for too many complicated questions
would be met with by all parties upon
the other side of that liver, on the ruins
of the Ottoman empire.
The same letters announce, that the
treaty bet ween Persia and Russia has
not bet it signed, and that hostilities
were going to recommence.
The Russian army, at the moment
of passing the Pruth, is abundantly sup
plied with all necessary resources.
Sat run ay, March 15.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The im- j
port this week is 1,153 hags, and the!
soles reach 1 1,110 bags, at rather higher
rates for American descriptions.
There had been more demand for cot
ton. and for some descriptions an ad-!
vance had been realized.
In a late debate in the House t>fi
Commons, the following allusion to
Mr. Rothschild, was made bv Mr. Ctin
scomb. “ There is Bir, deny it who
can, w ho possesses a secret influence be
hind the Throne, wh • e form is never
seen, whose name is never breathed, !
who has access to all the secrets of the
State, and who manages all the sudden
springs cf Ministerial arrangement—
At whose soft nod the streams of honor
flow,
Whose smiles all place and patronage be
stow.
Closely connected with this invisible,
this incorporeal, person, stands a more
solid and substantial form, anew and {
formidable power, till these davs un
known in Europe : master of unbottnd
| cd wealth, he boasts that ha is the arbi
j ter of peace and war, and that the cred
| it of nations depends upon his nod; his
I correspondents are innumerable; bis
i couriers out run those of sovereign
j Princes, and absolute Sovereigns; tnin
j isters of state are in his bay. Para-1
i mount in the Cabinets of continental j
| Europe, he aspires to the domination of i
jour own; even the great Don Miguel
j himself, of whom we have lately heard |
I and seen so much, was obliged to have j
; recourse to the purse of this individual, j
i before he could take possession of his |
throne. Sir, that such serret influences j
do exist, is a matter of notoriety ; they
are known to have been but too busy iii I
the underplot of the recent revolution, i
&c. &c.”
From the London Timm.
Furies of Duffs. —The Tasmanian ,
(published at Van Dieman’s I.and,) af
ter announcing the arrival at llohart j
Town, on the 10th of July, of the ship j
Harvey, Captain Findley, from Eng- j
land, via the Cape of Good Hope, where
she landed troops, and remained about j
six w eeks, says—“ By this vessel have
arrived J. Williams, Esq. barrister at J
lan , son of Mr. \V illiams, a professional ;
gentleman of high reputation in Lon- I
don, and J. Noble, Esq. a nephew of I
D’Arcy Wentworth, Esq. of Sydney.— j
These gentlemen have been involved in
very embarrassing and annoying cir
cumstances since their departure (from
England. It appears that a detachment
of the 55th regiment embarked/in the
Harvey, for the Cape, commanded by
Captain Klrington, son of Major El
rington, of Sydney, under whose or
ders wete Lieutenants Ronnis, Wilson
and Peek. Some disagreeable misun
derstanding which occurred before ship
left the English channel, unhappily in
creased so much during the voyage, that
the militarymen and the civilians were
upon the most unpleasant terms. On
their arrival at the Cape, in consequence
of certain strong expressions, which Mr.
Williams had found himself called upon
to apply to some of the military, he w as
w aited upon by an officer of tlie 55th to
invite him to a meeting wdth Lietenant
Ronpis. This gentleman had hardly
performed his functions, when lie was
seconded bv another officer from Lieut.
Wilson, who, in his turn, was followed
by a third similar invitation from Lieut.
Reck. Mr. Williams expressed some
astonishment at such a succession of vis
itors, but promised them all that he
would not fail to accept their invitations
in due order, if he had life enough left
in him to do so—and he did so: for,
strange to say, he fought the three in
succession—wounding one, verv nearly
quieting the second, ard not returning
the fire of the third. Not so Mr. Noble.
The two gentlemen, Messrs. w dson
and Bonn is, not content with Mr. Wil
liams’ aflairs, considered it necessary to
repeat the operation with Mr. Noble.
This gentleman did every thing in his
power to avoid the unpleasant extremity
which he saw it was wished to bring him
to. Mr. Williams stated plainly that
Mr. Noble was a man not very likely to
make child’s play of such matters, but
in vain. Lieutenant Wilson first en
countered him, and, receiving a slight
wound expressed himself satisfied. But
unhappily, a different fate awaited Lieu
tenant Bonnis; for at the. first fire, Dir.
Noble’s shot penetrated his temple, and
he fell dead ! Tims ended this most ex
traordinary affair. The two gentlemen
were committed to prison, tried by the
Dutch law for murder, but acquitted, as
it is said, for want of sufficient evidence
to establish the fact of the duel having
taken place. A military court, of in
quiry was held, in respect to the caus
es of these unhappy affairs ; and the re
sult was, that Captain Klrington was
sent to England in arrest, to wait the
decision of his Grace the Commander
in-Chief.”
The particulars of the assassination of
the Kritish Consul at Guatimala, are
given in the Honduras Gazette of
the 22d of Feb. Mr. Herring, on b' s
travels, lodged at the Consul's house rtn
the night nfjan. Ist. hut did not see him
the, next day, being told that he had pro
bably ridden out.
His suspicions, however, becoming n
lartned, he applied to the police, who
searched the house, and found the body
coneealed ort thf roof of the house. A
servant who lud been discharged bv the
Consul a short time before, was seized,
and confessed <bv.t ho had murdered and
robbed him. In with an ac
complice, he bad concea.ed himself in
his sleeping room, leil upon hint while
dressing, strangled and stabbed him.—
! Another accomplice was stationed at
| Mr. Herring’s room, and would have
j killed hint il he had come out. The
t murderer has been tried and shot.
j lowuim , i..jat’ww.
&GM22STJLC.
A orth-Carolina-Ranks. —At a meet
ing of the people of Granville, held in
Oxford, N. C, on the ith of February,
a committee w as appointed, with instruc
tions, to draw up a report upon the con
duct of the Banks of North Carolina;
and to propose such measures as in their
discretion might seem best, topro’eetthe
people of North Carolina against the
improper practices of said banks.—lt
was determined, at the same time, that a
meeting should be held at the ensuing
term of their Superior Court, when the
people should again assemble, to receive
| tliv’ eport&proposition,which thecom
j mitgee befoie mentioned, were instruc
ted at that time to present to them.—On
Saturday immediately previous tocourt,
the conitni.Uee held a meeting at. the
Court-House —Anderson Raschcll, Esq.
Chairman, and Samuel F. Sneed, Esq.
Secretary; when a sub-committee of
five members way; appointed, and charg
ed with tbeduty of drawing up the re
port and propositions, to be submitted,
totho people. In pursuance of these
measurt s, the people of Granville assem
bled on the 4th inst. it being the second
day of the term of their Superior Court,
TheCouit adjourned in the afternoon to
make way for the meeting, when the
people immediately filled the Court
house, to the number of five hundred or
more : the crowd being so great that ma-
ny persons persons found it difficult to
make the it way into the house. Horace
Burton, Esq. presided, and the meeting
being callert to order a member of the
j committee i ose, and after a few expla
natory reuiar Us read a long report, con
cluding with tire following resolutions :
1. Resolved, By the people of Gran
ville, in general meeting assembled, that
the banks, of Noith-Carolina have vio
lated their charters.
2. Resolved , That the said banks in
violating their charters, have forfeited all
i their privilege.! and powers held under
I them, arid that, consequently, they arc
| at the mercy of the people and the legis
lature.
3. Resolved, That the evils inflicted
by the said banks on the people ofNortb-
Carolina, have increased, are increasing
and raigKt tc he resisted ; and that it se-
I rlously behoves the people of N, rth-Ca
: rolina to take measures for their protee-
I tion.
4. Resolved, Tin” an independent le
gislature is necessary to the safety f the
state, and that we will vote for sin'Ji nun
only, as shall be pledged to bring the
banks to a strict account.
5. Resolved, That our brethren in oth
er counties of North Carolina, be and
they Me hereby invited to hold public !
meetings ar.d adopt resolutions on this ‘
subject.
IL Resolved, That the chairman of
tliis meeting appoint four delegates, and
be himself a fifth, to attend a general
meeting of the delegates, from all the j
counties of .North Oufolina, to fee held I
at Raleigh, or some central position, this
spring, on the subject of these resolu
tions.
7. Resolved, That the other counties
of North-Carolina be and tiiey are here
by requested to appoint delegates to said |
meeting, and give notice thereof ia the •
newspapers,
li. Rescind, That the newspapers ge
nerally, be requested to publish copies
of these proceedings.
Ail which is respectfully submitted by
THE COMMITTEE.
Trial efi Holgate and Sutton. —The in
teresting trial of Holgate and Sutton ha
ving closed on Friday evening, by the
conviction ofboth the criminals, and by
the entile and conclusive demonstration
of the innocence of Mr. Redmond, we
give the following brief history of the
transaction, as stated by Stevens, one of
the accomplices : onThursdny he under
went an examination of about two hours,
I lief it e the Grand inquest, and on Friday,
in the Sessions, onthe trial of tbeabove
criminals. His testimony was the same
on both occasions,and so perfectly borne
lit by facts with which be could not
hav e been acquainted, that it is entitled
to entire confidence. Stevens is an En
glishman, probably born in London, a
bout thirty-six years of age, 5 feet 6 or
7 inches high, well inade, has the ap
pearance of a gentleman, and is intelli
gent, and easy in his manners.
He states that the parties engaged in
these extensive forgeries were, himself,
Reed, (w ho has since been convicted of
another forgery in Boston,) Holgate, a
mechanic, and Sutton, who had kept a
porterhouse in Roosevelt stiect. Onthe
night of the 28th September, they all
made an attempt to enter How land’s store
but not succeeding, and fearful they had
injured one of the wards in the lock, Set
ton went down the following morning to
seo if the clerk found the lock so injured
as to be replaced by anew one. The
store being opened v. ithout suspicion, the
following night they all disguised them
selves at Sutton’s House, and with crow
bars, dark lanterns, &c. entered the
stare; their object was principally to se
cure Bills of E&fcuuge. Among the
papers w hich they obtained in tlie coun
ting room, was a bundle ot cancelled
checks, and in the middle one was found
not defaced—the writing was taken out
ofthe body, by a < hemical process, and
it was afterwards filled in by Reed, with
7770 dollars dollars, leaving the signa
ture to this check genuine. On the
morning that Sutton went down to see
the clerk open Howland's store, lie saw
floating in the dock, among some itib
bish, a parcel of Osborn’s checks; fiom
one of them, they forgfd a check on the
American Bank for ,$4950 75. A cheek
of Mr. Abraham Le I'oy’x. onthe North
River Bnrik, was forged for 7boo dol
iats. A check of Fpeat, Carleton & l'o.
on the Mechanic’s Bank, for
dollars, anda chcckot \V. A. Aspinwall,
on tlie Merchant's Bank, for c'ol
lats. • The 15th October was the day ap
pointed for presenting ell these checks;
Holgate was selected to present the fol
lowing checks, viz:—Howland onthe
Union Bark, for which he received a
50CO dollar note, two ones a five hun
dred, aodtfce bil r.ee in ‘/nailer notes.
The A piuv: all check as pr. ■, g;,, •,
Molgate, to tl.e Merchant’s Bank, t. and .
| presence of Stevens, but was not pan ._
The check ol I.e Foj's was pr sere j
by Holgate, and the money received.
The check of Osborn’s was presented
by Sutton, at the American Bank, and
the money received. It was made Str
i ven’s duty to take the Banknotes,
| get the same changed which he d.fl
! the I nited States, ‘the Chemical, and
; Franklin Banks. Steven* was present
at the Franklin Banks. Stevens w d <
present at the Franklin Bank when Mr.
Ehbets came up to ask the Teller nt t':p>
bank to stop any person who should ap
pear with any of the Notes, but he left the
Bank w ithout being suspected. A ftp r
the money was obtained, and the Non s
exchanged for others hv Stevens fi ,
spoil w as divided equally into four p
at Sutton’s house.
The forgery of Phyfe's check
some time previous to the others, ar. -,
though by tho same persons, was ur.
connected with the present forgerv.
Ilolgate resembles Redmond in a ve
ry striking manner, and it is not to he
wondered at that he should have her
taken for him by the clerks in the difl
rent banks. The testimony of Stover,
was so borne out by other testimony ar !
other facts, that there was nor a di< ! ■
of the truth of his whole statement. Tl„
Jury were out but a short time, an!
brought in a verdict of guilty ngair
llolgat- and Sutton.—Stevens had .
viously been convicted, but is nets .:ter -
ceil.
On Saturday, the prise nert were on!
ed up to receive their sentence. Finn
the greet interest of the trials, the Court
Room was crowed to excess. The 11,
corder, in his address, gave a bistort i:
all the previous trials, and stated Sheer
ormity of the crimes which h id heft,
committed. He closed in a very affec
ting mantiet, and pronouncin': tliejud:’
mi nt of the Court, which was, that the
prisoners be confined in the State prison
to w ork at hard labour during theirhatu
ral lius. Holdgate was greatly ov.-r
----corne, and wept bitterly ; Sutton was less
affected.
The most interesting part of the plot,
however, was developed at the Bride
well. Previous to the prisoners being
removed to the State Prison, Holdgate
made a full and complete confession that
he was GUILTY, ar.d was the person
who presented .-he checks at the varices
banks, as stared in testimony of Stev cits';
that all the Clerks of the Banks were
mistaken in their testimony as to Red
mond, vilio was a perfectly innocent
man. Ati r-York Advertiser:
llortl Times. —This is the genera!
cry. It is not confined to any particu
scction of die country, or to any one
class of individuals—it pervades tbv
whole American nation. The rich and
the poor, (lie resident of the royal castle
and tiie inmate of the humble cottage are
in proportion a fleeted, Accost an in
dividual in the most friendly manner,
! and he returns your salution by the most
j heart-rending complaints against the
I hardness of the tinier. It is quite iir.rcr.-
’ terial whether your enquiry relates to
i his own health, or that of his family;
j whether it relates to the destructive ef
j fiefs of the late frosts, err the present ex
| trcrr.e warmness of the weather, his an
swer is, “Haid times!” !; the cevs
ofthe day, the answer is, “ Hard times’
Inquire the price of cotton you are an
swered with “Hard times!” In fine,
I ask what question you will, shape it in
j what manner you please, you me sure to
(hear of “hard times.” Upon meeting
a near relative, whom ycu have notM.ni
for years, when you are prepared to’
bombard him with a host of inquiries a
boiit absent friends, uncles, aunts, and
cousins—when your whole feeling art*
enlisted in the desire to hear from the
scenes of your nativity—he boards and
captures you at once in the midst of it
broadside of “Hard times.” All other
matters are completely absorbed by 11)1*1
persecuting answer. It is a wax nose that
(its all subjects, it is a complete an
swer to an inquiry about the Presidential
election, and settles at once the contest:
between Old Hickory and John Uuinc).
It decides (lie fate oi'Europe, and is an
apropos answer to the probability of wr.r
between Turkey and the Allies, (i is a
most satisfactory answer why one does
‘o and so, and equally applicable for not
doing. It is a good reason for rais
ing cotton, and a good reason for n”C
raising it. It is a good reason, pro and
cun, for all tilings—except taking the A
-1 a bam a Journal, And the question in
which we feel the most deeply interes
ted, is the only one in w hich this nose ot
wax fails to exercise its elastic, pliant
quality, and, stentorian-like, bawls in
our cars—“llaid times!-—can t tabu
the papers!”
Since, then, such is the state ofal
fairs—since such is the hardness ol the
times—a reason must necessarily exist,
by which such embarrassment is orca-
sioned. In Ihe primitive state h sm k
ty—when men knew nothing of the lux
uries which are now deemed neci ssarii
—when barter and exchange- weic the
only means of procuring from one ano
thcr what was wanted—society enjoy'd
a degree of uninterrupted tranquilitv
and security which
it the golden age. And although “ l>
would not takcour readers hark into lb©
rude uncultivated state of nature, ai"*
convert them into illiterate she; erd and
sheperdesses, to enjoy happiness m ig
norance; we would retrospect tothetrsi
tuation and to the progress'll e ages
which succeeded, to prove, that the lita
ny wants of man are imaginary, and
that the, present t mbarrasst and state of so
ciety is occasioned by the created want’
of (nan, and hit unwarrantable exti as a
gance. Pol tied economy is one of l l
greatest safeguardsof a government. P
adds strength to the links liy w hich it i<
united :it gives support to the < • -
tittionr; it gives it character and standing
abroad. We are glad to perceive, that
in most of the gratis_ot theTnion.it
dividual* of practical wisdom and in!■n
ination tut suggesting means by v. hu.t
the present embarrassments may t>e rr
inoved, by which agriculture may h p al -
vanced, and the situ at ion of the agricu -
tmist improved. Meeting* a;e eiety
where convened for the purpose cf at ej -
ling resolutions expressive of the ‘j ! 1 ’
fits that experier.ct has shewn would .1-
rise from the adoption of a various com ■'*
iof agriculture. The pro; helm warnu
j of experience admonish us ‘0 rou‘c tr< m
ii uri. garthy, and by some 1 - <r
-1 ergetic u.v.txiue, ptc\ ect the lu- ■ ■ *’•