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POETICAL
T O M A It Y .
BY OOEltGK i». PRENTICE .
It ia my love*.a Inat luv !—and anon
Itseclioea will have died,
And thou wilt liat ita low, wild tone*,
No more— wale victim-bride !—
I would not, lovelv one, that thou
Should’*! wrong tlm heart that deem* then i
Its glory and ita pridol—•
1 would not thou sliottld'sl dim with tours,
The vision of its better years.
Ami yet I love thee. Memory’s voice
Comes o’er me like tho tone
Ofblossoms, when their dewy leaves
In autumn's night-winds moan;
I love thee still—that look of thiuo
Deep in my spirit has its shrine,
And hc.nitiful nnd lone—
And there it glows—that holy form—
The rainbow of life’s evening storm.
And, dear one, when I gnze on thee,
So pnllid, sweet, ntitl fruil,
And muse upon thy cheek, I well
Can read its mournful talc—
I know the dews ofmnmory oil
Are fulling, beautilul and soft,
Upon love’s blossom pule—
I know, that tours thou fit in would'st hide
A re on thy lids—sweet viclini-brido !
I too have wept. Von moon's pule light
Hu* round my pillow strayed,
While 1 was mourning o’er tfie dreams,
That blossomed but to l'ude !—
The memory ofeuch holy eve,
To whie.h our burning spirits cleave,
Seems like some star’s sweet shade,
That once shone bright mid pure and high;
Hut now bus parted from the sky.
Immortal vision of my heart !—
Again, again, farewell!—
I will not listen to the tones,
That in wild music, swell
From thn dim past. Those tones now fad
To leave mo nothing hut the shade,
Thn cypress and the knell!
Adieu—udi«u—my task is done—
And now—Cud bless tlme,gt title one !
J. H. STEELE & P. THYVEATT, Editors.
MILLEDGEV1LLE, TUESDAY* AUGUST 15, 1843.
Ik* Iricnssed leforu wa cun get u chance to work u , right,und, in spite of tlie immense cukes of flout.
iBtle. | ii»g ice which threatened every ins unt to cut us in
4 ‘ But what glory !” said I ^ | two, ue arrived first on the opposite shore, which
'* Ah, yes !—glory ! but not for you and I. We was already planted with Russian cannon. I wish,
•wonhi not share in it were there too much of it. , t j d lo rest. Ploquct assured me ihai if we stopped
We fight lor the glory ol these luced hut Purisiuns we would perish witli the intense cold, nnd imme-
who hold the rank of Major, who always huvu new ; diately commenced running, 1 following behind,
boot*, and dine three times a day.’* j He hud hardly taken a hundred steps when he fell
The regiment look tip its march. An hour uf. ; with his face in tlie snow : a bull from the Russian
forwards it was exposed to the fire of the re. camion Imd s'ruck him und broken both his legs,
doubt, w hich swept oil*every moment entire ranks. | ran to his assistance.
Our battalion, su lie red must : there was a moment's
hesitation : some new recruits, who had never he.
lore been engaged in a like conflict, disregarding
orders, half wheeled u retreat. Ploquet, who was
in the third rank, intercepted them at the bayonet's
point, swearing at the same time to run through the
lirsl man, who should raise a foot. While in lliut si-
luuiion, a bull from the enemy carried away tils car
tridge box; ul this he made the drollest grimace
t hut l ever saw. “Five hunches of cartridges !**
suid lie, gnu-lied his teeth ; to cuiry them three
hundred leugues nnd not burn one of them !”
At this moment the entire regiment advanced ;
the Russian artillery censed,and a moment of aw
ful, solemn silence ensued ; the oldest soldiers
gave the signal of parting adieu, and officers clas
ped hand:
14 March,” said ho.
44 Coporal,” 1 replied, 44 you have saved my lifo
every hour, and I will not now abandon you.”
March !” sai l he; “ 1 am happier than you—
in five minutes I shad bo colder.”
This was the first time in his life, perhaps, that
lie seemed satisfied with his condition, and in a few
minutes he—pressing to his lips the cross which
the Emperor so recently gave him—expired.
[FROM THE PHILADELPHIA FORUM.]
I Hi: FAITHFUL DOti.
nv Mas. n. s.
I The attachment manifested by the canine race
I fur their owners, their sagacity und faithfulness,
Ploquet was two steps from me , he convulsively ( have been the theme of numberless stories--and
grasped his firelock, his eye darted lightnings and ! n:any were led lo believe them endowed with tho
his lips quivered. All at once a bluish light shot forth same reasoning power as ourselves. It is neither
from the redoubt, a dreadful rumbling shook the
earth, und a thick cloud of smoke obscured u view
of the battle ground, already strewed with the dead.
Ploquel was missing, and 1 supposed he had i'ullcn,
when the wind clearing away the smoke discover
ed to me his lower holt'projecting from one of the
port holes of tho fortress, und violently agitated in
the endeavor to foliow the other half, which was
to assent to this opinion, nor yet to attempt conful-
ing it—that the following incidents ure penned—
but to record an incident which transpired under
my immediate observation of their devotion and fi
delity.
It will be remembered that Alabama, was origin
ally a part of tho Mississippi territory, its contiguity
to Georgia und the Carol inns induced numberless
struggling within. 1 easily recognised him by the I families from those Status to remove there. The
Irugmentol the cartridge box, und ran to his re- j ro uto pursued by them led through the Cherokee
lief, but before l reached him he had succeeded in 1 nation, und like the Israelites of old, the emigrants
entering. 1 followed him immediately, but lost 1 experienced difficulties in reaching sufely the land
sight of him. What passed there would hardly u f promise.
ou of interst to iclate. The assault continued, I In some seasons of thn year, the rivers and creeks
the example ol Ploquet had been followed by many aro so swollen by the frequent rains as to render
a during spirit, the report ol fire-arms was heard no j them troublesome. It was during one ol those peri-
moic, hut the subre and bayonet, glittering on all j 0 ds that a family consisting of u man, his wife and
sides, made destructive carnage. They met front ; four children let! North Carolina to audio them-
to front, rolled in blood, aud were hurled among the | selves at Culmwba, the original seat of govern-
dead. This scene fasted about twenty minutes, merit, and m crossing one stream, they were upset
STANZAS TO C-
nv LIF.UT.
. PATTEN, U. I
I linvn heart] tliee ’mid liglitnet'B,
And turn'd frnm iI»p spot;
1 huve ptiHiM-d the’mid In igiitncM.
And notic'd tliee not.
I Imve sent thee no token
In fondness to wear,
For tiic words are unspoken.
Winch Iovb should declare.
I have paid thee no homage!
1 have pledg'd iIjpc mo vow!
Yet I’ve trac'd lik hii ar.ist,
F.ncli lino of thy hrow ;
Like n saint to his idol
Look'd up in tliv face,
’Till my fancy was haunted j
By uii imngu ol grace.
As the winds to the tulip.
Which freshen its lip ;
To tlm io8e,i»8 the dew-drops,
It Ihirsteihtn sip;
As the went of tile land breeze
To the lioniA-bmuid at sen,
Is liiedreiun which rccullutli
Thy presence to mo.
I shall pass—I shall perish—
.My nume will decay.
I.ik- i he line of tho siinsct
Which fades with the day :
And my being’s exist* nee
By the woiIdling of thn Earth,
Wilt as soon he forgotten
Asa puusn umidmirth.
That I’ve liv’d—that I lov’d thee,
Thou, too.muy’stforgot!
No. nn,tlio’yon*day stur
In onrkenesshe set,
As the lint of the twilight
Yet htilhing the hill,
Some hue of reinemhi.uice
Shall live for me still.
uml I think l never saw a more frightful encouute
The battle censed ; cries of victory rent the air;
the fortress was ours, aud our eagle was floating
over its walls.
An order was now given for the drum-major to
bout to our flag ; there was no drum.major; he and
uii his bund hud perished in the struggle. Four
hundred men were there, all that remained of a re- I
and precipitated with all their earthly goods into
the water. With the greatest difficulty the head
of tho family succeeded in rescuing his wife and
three of the children, together with the wagon nnd
horses from their perilous situation—but tho baby,
with the principal purl of tho baggage had gone to
the bottom.
Naif distracted, the mother bethought her ofen-
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE MALCONTENT.
[Translated from the French for the “ True Sun.”]
Corporal P'oq iot, of tho Gist regiment of the
line, was without question the most original of tile
*• Grand Armce.” it wus on his account lliut tho
old soldiers suffered the epithet of •• groguurds”
which Napoleon gave them at Elba. Ploquet was
an excellent comrade, uml a bravo soldier, having
no other (unit than lliut of being ulwuys discotiten
ted. He was ever compluing, in all places und on
all occasions. During the four years that I was
his companion and bis bedfellow, I never heard a
word of approbation from bis lips, or saw bis coun
tenance express the least sign of satisfaction.
When in garrison ho complained of repose; in
campaign, of fatigue ; when his knapsack was
well filled he founj it too heavy ; when it was emp
ty he complained dial ho could not fill it; all of
which caused his comrades to say of him that “ in
a regiment of malcontents Ploquet would iufullibly
income Colonel.” Every body laughed ut him—
the officers even, who pardoned the whims of Plo-
I quel because of ids good conduct, bis courage in
every trial, and the many other good qualities which
he possessed.
It was in tho campaign of Russia that this mo
nomania of the corporal most strikingly developed
i'velf. Those long marches across a desolate
country furnished him an inexhaustible theme for
complainings.
i 44 For what now,” said he, “ do wo continue to
hear our bones about tho world ? I would iike lo
know what we huvo to do with a oountry of sav.
ages, where one may march (til hundred leugues
without finding even u potato ! If one might oc
casionally refresh himself with the report of can
non, as among civilized nations, it might he endur
ed; but no, wo huve not the chance to born a
‘"igle cartridge, und 1 am bearing ubout five
hunches!”
< He insisted particularly on this point; those car-
fridges which ho feared Mover burning were a
'‘eight insupportable.
But ilimwn nation* could not longer delay the
conflict. The Russians, wearied of flight, turned
fo face their foe.
| Two days befioru the battle of Moscow, nt sun-
rue, the general's orders were given along the lines,
fiiecolonel ufthe Gist went through tho ranks of his
fegimeni und addressed the soldiers : •• Cnildreu!”
said he, •• the Emperor has bestowed upon us tho
j glorious task of raiding one of the redoubts which
| *'»e enemy hu* constructed to arreattlie march ol'
the army, Vive I'Einpercur, t l en avant!” Tins
j exclamation wus shouted back by the electrified
h‘*sf. Ploquet alone returned it not. I heard
him only mutter: * 4 These provincials nro always
‘he same ! They say the greutest service they can
i render us is to force us to be the first cut in two by
| f'>e fire of the enemy.”
*' How ! Corpora! Ploquet,” said I, * 4 are you not
I lighted to sec those fellows near by ?”
44 Nearby! Yes, when wo shall liavo marched
hour, with our arms shouldered under the fire
u ' K ro pc shot, more than half our regiment will
giiuonl of four effective batahions of eight hun- Jeavoring to ruscua ll»e child* and holding up one
di ed men each. ! of its liltie frocks, she directed their dog of the New-
I now discovered Ploquet. lie was seated on j f uU »dland breed, to seek for it nt the spot in which
tho ground, leaning against a carriage, wheel, and j was believed to Imve perished. Diving under
wiping with his shirt sleeve the blood which flowed j| lc water, the dog disappeared. Tho most intense
profusely from u wound on the top of his head. 1 ; distress wus of course experienced, with faint hopes
eagerly flow to succour him, and l saw that the same j 0 f |,j s ultimate success, but in a few seconds the
stroke which iiad wounded him, hud split open his
cap.
** Fortunately it was well filled,” said I.
“All! do you call that fortunate,” ho replied,
“ two bunches of cigars, such as you never smok
ed, and l never shait again!”
•* Bui had it not been for these cigars, Corpora!,
you would have been ‘ fricassed.' ”
4 * It is possible.”
His wound being fortunately not deep, he refus
ed to go to the hosj.itul, und asked only to he re.
lieved of service for twenty four hours, llo was
placed ou the list for “ good conduct,” and re
ceived the thanks of the Colonel, but all this with
out evincing more than his accustomed satisfac
tion-
The next day the soldiers wore informed that
the Emperor had received a portrait of his son, nnd
lliut he had pluced it in front of his tent to gratify
their curiosity. 1 proposed that Ploquet and I
I should go and see it together. Ho accepted, not
without grumbling, however, and wo soon arrived
ut the lent, around which pressed u crowd of su-
perior officers. We soon heard the name of Plo
quet mentioned in little groups about us, uml soon
the crowd gave wny, the emperor appeared in the
door of his tent, und beckoning Ploquet, whom he
eusily distinguished by his head dress, which was
an oaten sack surmounted by u bloody handker
chief, ordered him to approach. Ploquel obeyed
without tho least sign of satisfaction.
“Ploquet,” suiil the Emperor, 41 1 know that
yesterday you were the first to enter the
redoubt; you are a brave soldier und I am satis
fied.”
“ Faith, my Emperor, it is fortunate for ino that
you are so, for there ure but devilish few who
• re.”
A look of the Emperor silenced the murmur
caused by tins impertinent response, and Napoleon
replied.
•• Web ! let us see ; what do you wish, is it pro
motion that y ou desire ?”
agitation of the water announced his coming—and
the dog arose to the surface with the child, holding
liis clothes firmly gripped between its teeth, and
swimming with it to (lie land deposited it safely at
the feel of the mother.
By the untiring exertions of his parents the child
wus restored to life again, uud without further de
tention they derived sale ul their destination.
Until the accident, the dog never manifested any
particular uituchineiii for the child, but I mm tho
time of rescuing it from a watery grave, the animal
acted us if he considered it under his own superin
tending charge. It would never leave it. Sleep
ing or waking, it sal crouched beside the child, who
soon discovered for tho dog a proportionable degree
{ of affection.
Tho mother soon died from the effects ol the
baneful lever of the country—then followed one of
the children, then another, and yet another, and the
only remaining survivors o! the once happy family
were the father, the child, und the faithful attached
dog.
And now the storms of fate gathered around this
poor o!y*[n ing of misfortune. The father sunk un
der the weight of his accumulated misfortunes, and
leil into intemperate habits. The child was neg
lected, left for hours lo the companionship of his
dog, und '.he lone.incss of its own melancholy lot
—y oung us it wus, for it was then only three years
of age, it was sulfored to wander wl.cie it listed,
and it would stroll in tiie woods far away from its
home, with no one to guide its course but its own
childish fancies, secure in the protection of its mule
attendant. 1 have seen it sleeping beneath u hedge
us innocent head pillowed upon the faithful crcu-
lure, its little urms twined around its neck.
For more than u year they led this kind of itin
erant life—and as they returned ere night fell und
the boy grew in strength, the father took little heed
of either.
There was something remarkable about the dog
and child—both seemed to shun communion with
their kind—attaching themselves solely to each oth
er have mercy, my Emperor. I want no more cr—when weary it occasionally sought its dusu-
of lliut, it is enough lor me to have the care of a ' lute home, and if pressed by hunger, stopped on iho
corporal’s gourd.” ^ ' way to solicit from some charitable neighbor n slice
“ Is it the cross you need ?—Take this, thul wo j of bread—loud wus never refused it oil lie r for it-
may continue good friends.” self or the friend accompany ing it.
And detaching his cross. Napoleon, with the gen- j At length the child sickened und died also, owing
oral acclamation, presented it to Ploquet, who took ! probably to exposure and neglect. When the neigh-
it with one hand while with the other he returned a j bora went to administer to its necessities, during
military salute. He quietly attached it to mio of the ■ it-, illness, it was always found lying with its head
button hoies of his coat without expressing the resting upon tho dug’s shaggy neck with one of its
least emotion ; while of all the spectators of that ; urms twined around it, and thus drew its latest
scene, Napoleon not excepted, Ploquet only re- j breath.
muiiied unmoved, aud tho Emperor withdrawing i The child was buried, and from this lima the dog
into bis tent, could scarcely avoid saying, i drooped and pined away. No effects were found
•* There is a grumbler which it is very difficult to ^ successful to lure him from the grave. The food
satisfy.” with which he wus daily supplied remained unlasted
A few days after uppeared the famous proeln- ( until the morning the miserable father who had iiv.
mntion commencing with these words—“ Sul- ed to see his household destroyed, his hearth deso-
tliers, behold thu battle you have so much desired !” | luted, found the little mound, which covered his
*• Desired !” murmured Ploquel; •• desired—a child scratched up to a considerable depth, with the
light with un empty belly !” 1 lifeless remains of the faithful dog lying in the cuv-
** You can avoid being in it, corpora),*' suid I ; j ity.
•• go to hospital!” ( -
4 Wbut should I do at the hospital ?’ j A Melancholy Wedding.— The El/lra, N. Y.
“ \ ou will be sheltered from the cannon.” Gazette gives the following account of nil occur-
*• But I do not want to bo there. 1 sheltered ! rcll ct» which took place nt Southport, lo tho great
It is amusing, is it not, to hear aud sec nothing 1 j )0r j| 0 f nearly twenty-five persons :
l want the sport of being there.” ( *ln preparing the cake for the wedding of Mr.
lie failed, however, to take n purlin it, for dur- I l>i|, ymplc, an article called sugar sand was pro-
mg the night his wound caused him much stifle ring, red in this village, for the purpose of putting og
aud ut day break the M ;, j >r declared to him that , j[, e |„p 0 | Bio cake, ’Phis sund appears to huvo
thu least agitation would threaten a gangrene ; so been made of n new article of paint called French
green, instead of another green in common u*e
t.eranse it wus much prettier, but which appears to
be much more poisonous. The confectioner know,
that, like all other greens, it continuing some poi
son, but supposed it not sufficient to injure any one.
pite of himself, Ploquel ruinuiued inactive dur- ,
mg this great day.
It is well known with what facility Napoleon re- ;
cognized faces he had once seen, and how well he !
luined names. During the retreat u little beyond I
Smulousk, the Emperor, while reviewing the regi- j unless taken too freely. The base of the French
mont which marched with tho guards, discovered | green, so called, is .supposed to bo tirseniuie of
(he aid corporal. j coppt r, which is highly poisonous.— We tiiuim stand
My poor Ploquet,” said he, 44 now is the time to ,|»at all who partook of the cuke, were more or less
be discontented.” 1 aflecicd, some very sot ious, though, we believe all
44 Faith, my Emperor, I think you ought to be ( ar0 recovering.”
less so than we.” j *
“ I should be, my brcve fellow, if I were always j Imitation Watches.—The New York Sun
sure of having a hundred thousand men like you. | cautions the public that nn immense number of
*imiiniion gold watches* have been recently impor
ted Europe, which, from being gilt by the galvanic
process, mo nearly resemble the genuine article as
to be well calculated to deceive any but a very ex
perienced eye. Traders in such articles had there
fore better keep a good lookout.
We bud passed Beresina. Pioq'iel and 1 had
gained more than f.vo.thirds the distance over the
strenm, when born down by '.ho crowd which
rushed upon us, we were precipitated into the liv
er. The corporal, being an excellent swimmer,
passed bis left urm under my chin, swam with his
[from THU BOSTON MERCANTILE JOUIINAL.
Hattie between the United States nnd Macedonian.
Reading in your paper of the 14th instant a vorv
graphic account of the battle between the United
Stales and Macedonian, I was reminded that l had
in my pos-ession u very fine counterpart to it, writ
ten on the day alter tl# battle by a gentleman w|»o
was a volunteer on hoard the United States. It
would be difficult to itnag'iie a greutcr contrast than
the scene presented on board the two ships*
At Sea. October 26, 1812, lut. 4. Ion. 29.
My Dear Friends : 1 will endeavour to give you
something like an uccouut of what l huvo witnessed
since we parted. The gentry who tinve heretofore
done the sen fighting of the world huvo represent
ed it as a business so frightful, huve so filled our ears
with the thundering description of the cannonade,
and so wrung our sympathies with the agonies of
the wounded and dying, that had l not just come out
uf one ns noisy, at least, ns any of theirs, l should
think it n very improper sort of a picture to present
to u lady’s eyes ; but it being a very tame concern,
saving now aud then a ridiculous occurrence, 1 not
only do not despair of giving you a very minute ac
count, which shall not affect your nerves, but I hope
even to excite vour curiosity us high as mine wus
when I came lo sea for the purpose of seeing a fight.
You must know tint yesterday morning l was wa
ked out of a sound sleep with the very agreeable
intelligence that a frigate was in sight, stnivling
torus, aud close aboard. 4 ‘ How largo is she 7”
•‘Very large, sir.” ‘‘Perhupsit is an American or
Spanish ?” “No, sir, she has got un English flag fly
ing.” “Give me my clothes.” Tim purser, by
this time Imd got the intelligence, liis station you
jviiow is in the cockpit, out of shot. With his clothes
in his hand, he was darting with the rapidity of
lightning for his hiding place, when, seeing me, he
stopped suddenly, and taking me to his cabin,
4 *Comu my goodfellow,there's no knowing what may
happen—-just subscribe this receipt for your share
of the small stores.”
A very pretty omen, thought I. Dressed and
armed (It;r you must understand 1 am one of thn
goodly lollowship of boarders) l ventured ou dock.
Here every thing was in a hustle—the hurry of pre
paration lor butile. I met the Commodore’s eye.
••Well,sir,you ure ready, I see.” “Yes, air,” said l
in a very husky voice. “ We shall have a fight.”
44 Think so, sir 7” “Uh, yes, there she is, and u
beauty too.” i got ou a gun carriage, looked over
the bulwark, and there site was sure enough, right
abreast of us, showing ail her te eth. Ah ! thought
1 to myself, how much better ’twould be now if she
would only strike without firing. “Shall we hoist
the ensign 7” asked a quartermaster. “Yes.”
“More than one 7” “No ; we can whip her ns easily
i-iider one flag as four.” ‘Silence !’ Ami all was
.-a hush us death. Our captain now made a speech ;
-’My good fellows, we’ll have no cohering.— If you
knock out one of her musts, don’t stop to haw I about
it. but thump away thu harder at the other two.
Well, thought 1, if you don't make a better fight
‘ban you have a speech, we may as well give up at
once. “Fire one broadside from the gundeck !*'
Aud off it went, very much like fifteen other gu.-s,
making some noise uud a great smoke ; nnd llien
very faintly we heard ten guns in return; but not
a shot came near us. 1 grew calm, as if they
would only finish it at this distance !
The enemy, however, went about again. Our
sails were hauled up, and there we lay, waiting for
him to come down. He came within about half n
mile, und let slip till his broadside, and oil* wt
ours. Aud so we went on, our men firing thr
times to his once—tho niiot flying thick and close,
whiz. whiz, whit, w hit—they flew fust und illicit. 1
went to the capstan to minute lliut one of her yards
hud settled, and the moment 1 turned my hack,
crush came a shot, through aud through, knocked
dow n three men, cut off u whelp of thu capstuu, uud
ibrew it into a thousand splinters all about me.
There the men lay—not n groan, not a wry look,
uo crying out. At length Lieut. Funk, who wo
one ot them, beckoned to me. 1 look him in
my arms aud carried him to the gundeck, to the
grating over thu cockpit. There w ere three others
with their legs off. •* Let them go down first,”
said Funk, “1 am in no pain.” They all went d m n.
J put him through. “Go to the Commodore,” suid
he, “l cun get dow n without you.” 1 turned to go I
up, and three men were picking up one of their
messmates with ut a head.— 4, Out of the port with
him.” said the officer, and they threw him out us if
he'd been a dog.
All ibis ut any other time would have boon dis-
trussing, but when 1 got on deck a smile from the
Commodore, and 44 Well, Mr. B ,you came to icc a
fight, how do you like it ?'* “Very well ; but it
♦eemsto me ’twill never bo over.” ,4 No. (said lie,)
1 shall have to go home for powder und sliol if la:
keeps off much longer.” Dirt ct'-y lie set his foresail
and edged down pretty close to us. The Cummo
Jure turned to me, “ We'll now soldo it in twenty
minutes ;” and alter seventeen, spent much in the
samomannci as 1 huve described, down came all
his masts and yards, his firing ceased, auJ wo rang
ed ahead. Soon we went about uud Mood close
down to him, w hen ho aeknou lodged lie had struck.
Aud this was all. And this is a light 7 I looked at
the watch, and we had been hammering away 0111*
hour and twenty-two minutes. “What ship is that?”
The Macedonian.” “Give Commodore Decatur's
compliments to Captain Carden—hopes he’s well.”
You inu t know that last March, Captain Cur-Ion
was in Norfolk with his ship. *Whiiu thorn he and
the Commodore had u warm dispute ubout the res.
pcctivc discipline, equipment, armament, dec. of
their nnd our ships. At last they quarrelled, und
the Commodore told him that if there should be a
war they might be uble to sellio these questions,
till then they Imd better not be discussed. Carden
replied: “My frigate is thought a match for any
single deck ship afloat. She may go down, sir, but
she can never strike to a frigate.”
He came on board looking more like a butcher
than any thing else, for he wus literally besm- ared
from bead to foot with blood. He was received at
the gangway in the most gracious manner by his old
acquaintance, shown into the cabin, and, although
iu the most distresing **tate of mortification, saying,
“I snail certainly he hung ; my country never will
forgive this ; they wont believe it till 1 tell them of
it,” (See. See. was soon pacified, and at length in
some degree satisfied.
He was told that the Guerrierc struck in thirty
minutes, with half the loss of men he had suffered,
and so on—for you must know became fiom a scene
horrible enough to uiaku him mad. His decks were
lumbered with his dead and wounded : Out of a
crew of three hundred men he had thirty.six killed
and sixty eight wounded ; wo only seven killed and
five wounded, liis vessel was a complete wrock ;
ours, in one hour’s time, could have whipped just
such another t rigate in half the time, could we huvu
got ciose along bide one. We ure now employed
in putting her in order to come to America, with
wh it chance you will easily judge of our gelling her
in, when informed that wo are just two ihousnud
live hundred miles from home, and a aimer’s coast
to come ou. With Decatur's luck I think wo may
reach America by the first of D comber, when 1
hope to have the pleasure, &c. &c.
With the kindest regard, I am. my dour friends,
your much obliged and very humble servant.
B. F. B.
British officers in the late wars in India have
had nice picking*, however costly the wars have
been to tho respective nations. Sir Charles
Napier's share of the spoils at Hydrcbad amount
ed to a million of dollars.
VOL. XXXI V-Na 4G.
An Actual Pigmy.—Tho London Literary Gu
zetto of Muy, 1824, contains u description of a fe
male dwarf, even more extraordinary in diminutive-
ness of sizo, than Tom Th .mb. Her name was
Crnchami. a Sicilian by birth, and at 'ho time she
was exhibited in London, (May, 1824 ) was within
a few mouths of being ten yeurs old. The writer
in the Gazette says, “ seeing is believing,” und un-
less he hud actually seen her, he could not huve
credited so extraordinary a variety in human na-
turn. He says, 44 It is impossible to describe the
miracle of her appearance, or its effect upon the
mind. To see rationality, sportiveuess, intclli.
gence.ull the fucultios of humanity, in u being so
inconceivably below the standard ut which wo have
ever witnessed them, so overturns all previous irn-
presstons, that even with the fact before us, we
doubt the evidence of our senses. A tolerably siz-
ed doll, acting und speaking, would imt astonish us
so much, for nature is in this instance, fur more
wonderful limn nrt could be.
Only imagine a creature about half ns large os n
new born infant; perfect n all parts and lineaments
uttering words in a strange,*m*ui*:Wy voice, under
standing what )ou say, nod -i relying lo your quetr.
lions ; imngi. c, 1 say, this figure of about nineteen
inches in height, and five pounds iu Weight, uud you
have some idea of this extraordinary phenomenon.
And tlie more you look the more you reflect, the
more incredible it nppenrs that this can he real.
B it true it is ; bore is the fairy of yoursupersiiiion
iu actual life : here is tlie pigmy id* ancient inythu.
logy brought down to your own day ; tho express
ion of tier countenance varies with whatever affects
iier mind, (for, on my faith, there is n mind and soui
in this diminutive frame!) her beautiful tiny hand,
(for the fore-finger of which, the ring of u very
■small shirt button would be much too wide around,)
iias all the emotions aud graces which are found in
tlie same member uf n lovely womnn; sh-* threatens
mIio displays her fondness for finery,she likes her
drop of wine, sho shows her displeasure, she clioo.
ses.nnd rejects ; in fine, she is us perfect ns a com.
mon child of the same age.
Her walk is rulher tottering, and her voice, (us 1
huvo said) very remarkable. Her general appear-
mu a is not unplcusing. though there is a little of tlie
simin in tlie form of the features; h< r health is
good, and her body, limbs, (See. are complete. I took
her up. caressed nnd saluted her ; and it wus most
Inugfiuidc lo see her resent tho latter freedom, wip.
ing her cheek, and expressing her dislike to tho
rough chin. But Iter great antipathy is to doctors ;
these have offended her by examining her too min
utely, nnd whenever they are mentioned, she doub
les her filbert of u fist, nnd manifests her decided
displeasure. 01 her trinkets she seems very proud,
taking off her ring to show it, and pointing to her
ear-rings with the joyous exclamation of* very pret
ty,” lor she bus learnt a little English.
[from THE NEW YORK SUN EXTRA, 3d INST.]
ARRIVAL OFTIIE STEAMER ACADIA.
15 Days later from Europe.
The Acadia, Cupt. Ryrie, arrived at her whnrfat
East Boston at 15 minutes before 4 o’clock, hnv.
ing been telegraphed ut half past 2 o'clock, I\ M.,
on Wednesday. She suited from Liverpool at half,
oast 2 o’clock, P. M„ of the 19th, and arrived at
Halifax on the 31st, nt 10 o’clock, making the pus-
• age in a little over 12 days to Halifax, and 14 to
Boston, including six hours detention nt Halifax.
Tlie weather during nearly the whole passage was
thick and unpleasant, und especially so from 11-iIi.
fax to Boston, Tho Margaret was spoken about
89 miles west of Cape Clour on the 21st, two days
out from Liverpool. She had had a good pnssngo,
und undoubtedly arrived ut Liverpool on the 23d,
Anxieties wore beginning to be fell for the safety
of the Columbia, It was believed that she was do-
tuined by a fog on Halifax.
I re 11 nd continues utmost exclusively to absorb
the attention of PurliumenS and the present
session promises to he one of tho most protracted
on record. As matters progress, the sitting seems
likely to run into tlie autumn, to the great annoy,
mice of tlie country gentlemen, ns well as the dis
comfort of the more hack politicians. October
is already named as the earliest period for the ris.
ing. 'i ho House, of Commons devoted three nights
last week, and two during tlie week preem ding, to
the discussion of Mr. S. O’Brien’s motion fir an
enquiry into tlie slate of the sister country. In a
mere party sense, the debate was the most dumng.
jn*», whivn the Ministry has experienced since their
installation, and liie majority with winch it closed,
76, the sumllost they huvu yet imd ou any gieat
question*
The Tines sounded thu tocsin some time ago,
and “ilium cred” furiously in lavor of putting down
hv force, tho existing state of things across thu
channel, But it wus a mere hruieni J'uhncn in i*s
effect upon tho country. The coercion party is
weak in the house, lor Sir Howard Douglass—who
moved a strong resolution, during thn recent debate
to tho efleet that the itgilutioil should be first sup.
pressed, and remedial measures afterwardscousid*
d—could not find a seconder.
(j’Cuii iciI held what is termed un extraordinary
mceline of the Repeal Association, at the Corn Ex
change Dublin, on Saturday, for the purpose «d fa
voring his adherents w ith his views of the debate
on Ireland. lie made a long speech on the present
state ol parties the position of iho Ministiy, and tho
prospects of repeul.
A deputation, the papers state, c nsisting of
Messrs. John Sooble, Lew is Jappan, George Stacey,
Jonu 3 .unmount, and other*, from the committee
of the British and Foreign Slavery Society, waited
upon Lord Aberdeen, 01 the Colonial Oili :e. on
Wednesday, for the purpose of presenting memori
als connected with slavery iu Texn.«. When iu
office, Lord l’ulmeraton was about negotiating a
commercial treaty with Texas, and acknowledging
its independence, but the existence of slavery iltoro
was found to bo u formidable barrier. It would
appear from this movement that the ami-slavery
par y hardly consider their cusc so safe in the hands
of his successor.
The relcbrutrd vocalist, Mrs. Wood, nOcr her
very short connection with tho Roman Catholics,
has again icturncd to her husband uud the lVotes.
taut tuiih.
Launch of the Great Iron Steamer “ Great liril-
ain.' % —Tho laigesl steamer ever built, intended fur
the trade between this country and New York, was
launched at Bristol, July 19th- She is to he fai
led the Great Britain. and belongs to iho spirited
company who run the first steamer that trade i reg
ularly between England and tho city of New York
—the Great Western,
The Sandwich Inlands.—Despatches hive been
sent oil’ by Government to Captain Lord G. i'aulet,
of thu Carvsfort frigate, in the South Pacific, uc-
know ledging the free independence of King Tame,
hamuhu III, and the Sandwich Elands from this 01
any other country,
The government lias at present under consider
at ion plans for quickening me inteicour>e between
Eng'and and Ireland, by forming a railway from
Chester to Holyhead, on the plan proposed by Mr,
George Stephenson.
Dr. 11 ilmeinunn, the founder of hoimepathy, died
in Paris on Sunday week, aged 68.
There lias been extraordinary demand for copies
of Dr. Putty's sermon. Upwards of 3.000 copies
have been sent to Ireland. Two editions of 0,000
each, burr been printed ; and a third edition, it is
expected, t*, * f u 1 out to issue.
Pusyism is bti', making rapid empress among tlie
clergy. It Is said that out of 12,0(19 clergymen
fu!lv *9090,or ihrcu-fourthi uf their w hole number,
are more or leas tainted by this popish heresy under
a Protestant name.
The opposition journals at Madrid weresuppres.
-ted on the 3d intt. The Expectalor of tho 28th
ult., publishes a supplement, with intelligence from
Albacete to the 28th ult. The Castle of Chinchilla
had submitted to the Regent.
The British Parliament.—In the Ilouso of Lords
on the evening of tlie 18th,lhe business was quite
unimportant to tho Canadian nnd United States
Reader; and in thn Commons them was no house,
there being only 19 members present.
IRELAND.
The apprehensions for tiic Irish crops, caused
by tlie into rains seem to have been entirely re
moved by the very favorable change in tho weath
er* The grain crops now promise well.
'The cost of marking the fire arms in Ireland un
der the proposed uct, will not exceed one half-pen
ny per slum!.
There has been an immense fulling off in tho
amount of emigration from Ireland this season, and
this decline has been observable at all the out-ports,
fit Londonderry, for instance, the number of eini-
lints for British America and tho United States,
during the months of April, May and June, Inst
year, was 4,518. This year it has been only 1,987
bowing a falling bff at this single port of 2,531,
notwithstanding tiic increased facilities afforded to
tlie emigrant this year, both by reduced passage
money, and the government allowance of one pound
of bread lo each emigrant per day.
At a meeting in Waterford, last week, it was
resolved to present a gold medal to every one of the
magi>trates superseded for unending repeal mect-
ings.
At tlm meeting of the Irish Gbjnorot Aosbuitfly,
in Uelfirst. last Week, u subscription list on behalf
of the Scotch Free Church was opened, nnd the
amount realized on the spot was JC2900.
One Effect of Agitation.—The following is
extract from a letter from Killarney :—Never
before tu the memory of iikiii had we such a year
lor the Lakes as this. The Victoria is empty, so
is Roche's, and the boatmen nnd guides nro stand.
looking nt each other. There huvo no, t»oen
ten English visitors nt tho Lakes this year. We
ruined—as tu our lodging-houses they may as
well shut.”
FRANCE*.
rho Courier Francafs buys : “It is confidently
stated lint M. Guizot lias offered the port folio of
the Marine and Colonies to Count d’Argout, gover
nor of tlie Bank of France. This gentleman ha?
already filled the same post.
Tim whole of the French import duties amount
ed in the first five tnontliM of 1841 to 38.587,OOOf,,.
in the same period of 1812, to 54,089,5371’., und in
1843 to 57.871,9081*.
According to a communication made by M. Arn..
go to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, on the 5ilt
u contract has heen entered into by Messrs. Bar
ing & Co., of London, with the Republic of New
Grenada in virtue of w hich tlie Republic is lo code
to them the line required for tho projected canal
across tire Isthmus of P.mnmn, with 80,009 acies
of laud 011 the hanks, umJ 499.090 acres in the in
terior of the country. Messrs. Baring (Sc Co. hud
it is said, in the first instance, fixed the amount of
toll lor the navigation of the canal at the price of
| 10 francs per ton ; but they have reduced it to 8
francs. The work, upon which from 4,000 to
6.000 men arc to be cfligngod, is lo be completed in
five years.
SPAIN.
'Fiie intelligence from Spain leaves no doubt that
the fate ufthe ID gent is sealed. Madrid is in a statu
of seige. lie proposes to keep open his commu
nication, it is stated, with Saragossa and Cadiz—if
he cun. The advance guard of Curbuno had enter
ed Saragossa, when that General wus expected the
following day with ten battalions. Madrid was
peaceable, hut us for tho Regent, he is what thu
French papers call him—a lost man.
Poor K-parloro, enfeebled by disease nnd hunted
un every side like a wild boar, seems likely to-
sink. A brave man struggling with tho storms of
fate is certain to command the sympathy of the dis-
iulcrusted ; hut there is unhappily hut little disin
terested patriotism iu Spain.
TURKEY.
The Augsburg Gazette of thu 4th inst. staler
that the Servian revolution has been slopped by tlm
re-election on tlie 27th ult. of Prince Alexandria
Kara Georiiuwith. Tho election was legalized, as
lar as tin.* Porte is concerned by the presence of
Halix Pacha, arnicas fur as Russia had a right to
appear by the presence of Baron Diavcli and tho
Consul WuischenUko,
it U48IA.
By nn Imperial ukase, published at St. Peters
burg!), all Jews residing w ithin fifty wrests of tho
frontier lines of Prussia and Austria, arc ordered to
proceed more into the interior. Those who poss
ess habitation ond property within that range nro
required to sell them within two yeurs.
CHINA.
Sir Henry Pottintrer, it is said, has applied to
to thu home Government for his speedy recall.
The Government, however, we now hear, is un
willing to dispense with his services, and his Excel
lency will, therefore, remain soniH time longer in
China. Wo likewise hear it mi id that llo supremo
control over thn whole of the Biilish naval and mil-
itaiy lorce in China has beer, placed iu Sir Henry's
hands. Ilnr M.ij' siy's steamship Yi\« n arrived
«! Hung Kong from Bombay und Singapore on.
Thursday, the Otli of March,, and east anchor in
Is u little alter midnight. Lieut. Col.
ho hears the royal ratification of tho
arrived in her, and landed on the 17tlx
Macao ro.i
Malcolm, t
treaty, ha-
of.Match.
N1: w si* a v kh s.—TI iu v a I u
publications is thus set both
f these indispcnsnb'.n
ations is thus set lorth in u speech oi one of
London reporters, ut a late public meeting.
To mod persons a newspaper lias become nl.
most one nt tho necessaries ol life. W Imt a dull
dnv that would b -, especially in the metropolis, on
which, owing to suinu extraordinary combination
of circumstances, not a single newspaper were to
made its t.ppeurai c . Now many derive their own
information nnd uinuscm<-i 1—how many derive tho
means of iutbruiiitioii nod amusing others solely
from tho newspaper. Dus a politician wish to
know the state ol Canada, or Spain, or the proceed
ings in tho houses of Farliorueiil ? He reads tho
newspaper. Does a naval of military officer dc-
a ire to know where our regiments or men of war
a e .stationed ? He reads the r.ewupuper. Is a
commercial man anxious abi.ul the arrivals at tho
otHports, or a moneyed won about the juice of
stocks 7 He reads tlie newspaper- Isa lover of
the fine arts, of the drama, or of the ‘concord of
sweet sounds” eager for information respecting the
exhibition, the theatre or the concert room ? Ho
reads thu newspupor. Are tho ladies curious to
ascertain tho Insl.ioiiQbk) parties of tlie week t
They read tho newspaper, iu short, almost every
human bong who reads at all, reads the newspaper.
Nuy.iit In i.old, unless my highly gifted and witty
friend Lover bo mistaken, ihu very foxes read tho
new .-paper, “lor how else,” says a sly old reynard,
iu ohm ol Mr. Lover’s ndmiiahlu tales, ( ‘ho\v e.b;e
should we know whom tho hounds are to meet.”
Tranquility.— Must tnuu heard, in deep env-
| i-rns, toe lulling of the water drop, as with its hea-
' vy, unci using, wasting tall, it wears away tho
ground !—!1 t thou heard thu murmuring of the
brook, tlmi I) nvg.ii:\ b«iwren tho green bunks,
while nodding flowers and tne bright lights of heav
en am mirrored in the wave? Then hast thou
seen the images of the two kinds of quiet life, which
areas uiffuront from one another as heaven from
hell.—pros.
A Savage Bear.—An English paper says that
one ol the most singular names ever met witli is
that n gentleman of fortune in Kent. His family
name war Bear, and as he had maternal relatives
ofihe name of Savage, Ids parents gave him too
Ciiiisiiiin (or rnthor unchiistian) uaino of Savage.
Hence ho enjoyed the pleasure uikI amiable nnmo
of Sicitgc Bear, Esq.