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BURMA JOURNAL
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POETICAL.
rritoj, the hew Monthly.]
LOVE ON.
ui 0 vn not,love iiul, yebelplee* ton. of earth."
“ [Mn. Aortan.
Lo.ion.lovo on, Ihssonl «*•< hove * »l>ri„e,
'I'lir rmlol lut-ae, mu.I fiiul tome Imllow U spot;
Tlielioil who form’ll us loti mi .pork divine,
1,1 him who .Iwelle on earth, yet I,
Dsvoti.ni'*> liuk».ooinpo«e a sacreil chum
Of hoi v briclunces nnd iiniiieusuml lenRil, :
Tin world wiili solfi.h rust mid reckless slain.
.May mar its beauty, lint not touch its strength.
Lure nti.lovs on—aye, even though tin* itoart
tVu Ion III build on proved, liko ilia sand.
Though out! t>v one Faith's corner stones depart,
And evsn Hope’s Iasi pillar fails to stand.
Though w. may dread iho lips wo mice Imlinynd,
Ittil kno
days
Wli
f.ilsoh'iod shadows nil
r it . itlter trust and be ilocoivetl,
Thau nwn ttic moan, mild spirit thill uclrays 1
Lovson, hive on. though wo mn
The<feHr face wlmer limn iH
Thoo^L daik mul dense fin* gl«n
Art*.** linn’s glory %et ahull P»«
The truest spell llml Heaven ci
I’ne sweeteal prospeet mere"
lilhe hlesrtli'
’ L'wdl meet abu
live to see
rclinp slirotul.
of death uni) Ii
e the cloud,
give to lure,
an bestow,
lit that bids the soul he sure,
, Cr
the things it loved below,
ntion breathes the words,
Linton, love
Their mystic music ever dwells uruuml ,
The strain i« echo’d bv unnumber’d chords,
And gentlest bosom* vield the fullest sound.
A» flowers keep springing,though their dueling bloom
la oft pul forth for worms lo feed upon ;
So hearts, though wrung by traitors and the tomb,
Shall still be precious and shall still love »»n.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THETRA V E LL ER.-AN A DV E N T U II E
FBOM ”SCENES IN THE PACIHC,” BY JAC01I8.
The nesl day we cnnglit u dislnnl glimpse of
Mua. Al eight P. M. the sltv clouded over, and
becameaa bluclt ns llto cook’s funnel. Wo furled
the light sail*, close reefed the top-sails, and tmide
all mug. It was a dismal night; the thunder
roared and crushed around us as if the heavens had
bent rent asunder; the chain.lightning circled
arojitd, and seemingly played over our spars und
rijjuiuu. \Ve stopped ilia chain.holes with canvass,
to prevent the electric fluid from entering our mng
tiine. The ruin pun red down in torrents, and fill,
td the stern bunt ns fust us one man could buln it
wit. By tlte glare of the lightning our crew could
be seen standing in line upon the deck, passing
buckets uf ruin water from the trunk to fill up the
iiier-cttsks.
Tne second day after this, in the afternoon, we
nre sailing to the eastward, close along ill" const
*f Pupuii, wlticli is here formed of beautiful cle
wed hinds, covered with the vetdue of perpetual
Mnntier, and watered by purling streams of cleat
Cool water.
A great many came ofT in handsome canoes,
wi'h uue outrigger, for the purpose of trafficking
.tilt us. Tin y were naked, with the exception ol
tfiiiinenls hung about their persons, und were
limit, savage looking men ol a dark copper colour,
witlt hair soinewlml longer und atruighler lliutt the
wool iif the negro.
Buell ctinoe eiintuincd a goodly supply of power
ful bans, arrows, spears, anil war clubs, all of which
combined with tne physical appearance of these
Mliues, designated tliein us it ruee of fearless wur
rioru, They.seemed friendly, and we throw them
tow-lines over Hie .stern, und entered intolrude l.tr
coctaunts and jasper-alone adzes. They invited
uu politely to come on shore, and said, that, in oae
matin,they would bring ns plenty of tortoise-shell,
pearl.shell, pearls, paradise birds, ombergns, no.
che-de-inttr, gold dust, ostrich plumes, ivory, cam
phtr, nuiinegs, edible birds’ nests, palm oil ilia
Bonds, dec.
Tlte wind now lieshened up and our head way
increased, so that the canoes sheered ahout, etidnii-
geringtlteir outriggers, and were obliged to let go
tile tow.Hues and drop astern. We now arrived
opposite tlte in unit ol a noble bay—it was a “new
discovery!” 'Tlte land was elevated, picturesque
>nd vi-rdarit. The east point of ttie bay was a dc-
ttoded red clay and rocky hlulf, from which put otf
»shoal. With the usual daring of our captain, we I
totllv entered the buy, ttnd steered for its fool
kith an sail set. We now sighted a beautiful
•mull bay, or mouth of a river, ihui extended to the
mtward from the foot of a gulf. On the beach we
•pied a grout multitude of warriors, hurrying along
Pith bundles of w ar implements, und depositing
tbein in enuoes which they luunced into tlte water,
•ad put utl‘ lor the vessel from vurious coves und
inlclu. (Jae wur.canoe, commanded hy a celebra
ted brave, wus tuwo-i hy one of our lines, neur tint
•lent.
I OurCapiuin stood upon tlte lullrail, eyeing tbe
Pccumulatiiig dangers ; und thinking that, when we
lochored, und the crew were ululi luriing sails, the
Tost uf savages might he templed to pick the suil.
)raofT the yurds like so tnuny blackbirds, lie doier-
lined tu have a eleur course while coming to, and
•> to frighten the natives uwuy for a brief period,
• gave orders lo fire u blank cartridge from the
l.pounder. The gun thundered over the water ;
t liieeffect was diflercul from what ho hud ex-
jn«d.
It was my '’trick” at the helm, and I was aston.
•H to see the captain fall down beside me, while
Tlelescope struck my leg violently, and sumo-
lug whizzed nvurheud ! The savage warrior in
(canoe astern let go of thu lowhite the instant
•beard iho report of the caution, nnd seizing his
'• and arrow let fly at llto captain, who forlutt*
■iy dodged u barbed atroiv winch wus aimed al
• heart.
tbe canoes now put ufTin great numbers ; and
^ natives were so well urm»d und seemed so bos-
"•, that we deemed it safest tu relrucc our course
•ml Hand to Ntia.
The wind fell awny, but we crept slowly towards
muulli of tlte bay, and ugain upprouebud the;
canoe commanded by the savage brave. Hu
^•shewed ii^na of trieudshlp by bolding up two
^"tiiuts; but Hit instant lie came within shot of
^•cupiain, wlto stood upon the quarter, lie dropped
*•* huts and seized bis arrow and Imw, and, with a
'right|u| h'ow| ol deiiancc, wus nbout to twang it,
the captain levelled bis l ille und shot him
/ >Wn * The treaeberous warrior, uttering a sliriek,
"‘• backward ovi r the gun-wale uf llto canoe, aod v
overboa id, sunk with the bow and arrow in
hi* giasp, 1 lie natives w ho manned the canoe did
not appear to take part with their chieftain, nnd
they now all leaped overboard and held their iieuds
above water, under the lee of tlteir boat. Wo of.
feted them no injury, and, soon dropping astern,
they again jumped into the canoe and paddled for
the fool of the buy.
An immense Hoot uf war-canocn, manned by
hundreds ol brawny warriors, now came pouring
out of the river, and Marled in full pursuit of our
devoted craft, like u mighty pillow while from eve
ry direction advanced smaller fleets; ull concentra
ting ahead and off the beams, to act in couccrt with
the kings flotilla.
Tbe wind was quite light nnd it was impossible
for us to escape. The captain very justly remark*
t'd, that “a retreating enemy emboldens tbe pursu
ers.” Wo accordingly turned nbout. und steered
for the bay.
I he king’s flotilla bore down upon us, the war.
riots chanting '.he war song in tremendous chorus,
which wus taken up and rolled over the bay, by
thousands of voices, accompanied by the sound of
- the tum-tmnes, war concha, and the soul-stirring,
quick chorus of flat side of tbe paddleblades struck
violently against tbe sides of the canoe. Now and
then, between tbe chorus, the king and toe princi
pal braves stood upon tbe outriggers of their re
spective canoes, und with javelins in their bands,
delivered speeches to cheer their followers to the
onset. So great was tbe din that the captain was
forced to use bis speaking trumpet to be beard.
1 bad beard of tbe Indian.whoop, but never tie -
fore had realized its terrifying influence. As we
were silent, and returned uo answering yell, these
savages took us to be so feeble und few in num
bers that they could do ns they pleased with us.
“Fore and main top-men. stations!” cried the
captain. “Armouier, man the arm.chest !” range
forty muskets on the trunk and forty on the wind-
!:is ! stmt tbe eighteen* with the largest canister of
musket bulls !** A large canister contained two
Hundred and fifty balls, a single discharge would
•bus carry terrible havoc from an eighteen pounder
amid a host of savages within musket.shot.
The crisis had now arrived; the king’s flotilla
closed in upon us ; anil, with a terrible ye’,I, the
win riot s launched a volley of arrows at our vessel,
that bristled in the bow and rigging. They seem
ed to think themselves and their arrows quite in
vincible, and expected to see us, like tbe whale
w ben harpooned, go into our “flurry.” It w as now
our turn to chant our war-song. The crew stood
ranged along their stations ; each man bud a cut
lass swinging by bis side, a pair of boarding-pistols
iiqliis bell, and near by stood bis pike
“Yuw her off handsomely !” said tbe captain to
me; “keep live broadside parallel to llto fleet!
Ciive them a bn 11 from the six pounder, to splusl
tbe other side !”
“Boom !” This “war yell checked for a moment
tbe impetuosity of tbe warriors ; but upon looking
around and seeing that no injury bad been done,
they took it for granted that it bad only been a
spout, or groan, or death-throe of tlte “sea mon
ster,” with whom they expected soon to have fine
sport. The king and bravos now urged their fol
lowers again to the onset wit'.i energetic harangues.
Again they closed upon us, and discharged a vol
ley of arrows, which slightly wounded two of our
crew, and one grazed my head too near for com-
fort a bit; and composed reflection.
“Rake tbe fleet with tbe broad side !” roared the
captain. We gave n salute accordingly
For u brief space tbe vessel wav shrouded in
smoke, und remained in doubt us to tbe amount ol
damage wo had Jjue. The war-yell had ceusod,
and now, as the smoke dispersed, we saw a scene
of fearful devastation. Many of the Cannes were
sh tiered into pieces, which II juted about upon the
water, clasped hy humun arms, while some were
riddled and fast sinking. All the natives, not disa
bled had leaped overboard, and llimr lieuds were
bobbing up and down under the lee of their re
spective canoes. This is a lent alwu\s performed
by the warriors w hen worsted, even when engaged
in combat with men like themselves. By the ma
noeuvre they are shielded from a direct arrow and
can occasionally pick off an adversary tlm same
as American Indians in ‘’tree-fighting or skulk
in!’* On the canoes and fragments lay the dead
und dying, groaning in agony und supplicating lor
mercy.
One fljlidu, which advanced in the distance on
the opposite side of the vessel did not appear to be
aware of the dreadful slaughter we bad commit,
led ; for slid they pressed onward, chanting the
war-song! They did not discover their sad mis
take until it was too late. Our crew had become
alarmed, and iu reckless phreitsy, poured volley up
on volley of musketry among the warriors, eveii-
afier they bad leaped overboard. It is worthy of
particular note, that one noble chief stood up at lul.
length in bis oanoe, and paddled safely to the shore
being proof against our bullets.
The clear blue water of this beautiful boy was
dyed with the blood of many a warrior , and as the
nioaus und gurglings of the mortally wounded rme
PUAIRIE AND MOUNTAIN LIFE.
Tiik Pf.trifif.d Forest.- -“One of the most remark
ablo natural curiosities in Texas in a petrified forest
near the head of P.tsgono River. It is turned to stone !
Some trees now growing aro partly petrified. This is
a Mart ling fact for the* natural philosophers, and must
cause them to modify the exist mg theory of petrifac
lion.”—Kenedy.
Many liuve visited the Rocky Mountains who
have never seen these forests of stone, but few have
been there who have not heard of them. Many
have lieurd of them who never believed in them,
and many who have long disbelieved have lived to
be convinced, either By their own eyes or by au
thority too respectable lo leave fur-her room for
doubt. The present writer beard much of petrified
forests while among trappers and old traders in the 1
mountains, ho? always with impoiietr.ihlc incredu
lity. Moses I larris, theceleliran d “Beick Mum*” j
is in the fmml of embellishing the story he tells 1
about them with very surprising touches of imagin
ation. He di-poses ami says that birds nro there,
sitting on tne branches, the most h ud.hearted .
things of all tin* feathered tribe, being solidified into
stone for ull time to come! Another mountaineer }
will fight any man who won’t believe that be once j
sharpened his knife upon the tail of tin eagle, that '
was turned into stone while in tlte very act of w het- i
ting its own hill upon another rock. The man I
who tells this hard story further deem res that he i
once carried a stum* sapling of pine five hundred (
miles on his shoulder while travelling home on foot;
but, being overtaken by winter be dropped tbe tree. ;
knocked oH'uinl carried along the birds, and arrived !
at Independence, literally, with tin important part
of Ins perMMial apparel overflowing with rocks J i
Such .a style of romancing is humorous enough, •
hut, w hen calculated to bring tiny important truth
into discredit, the sooner it is set in its proper light !
the better. Rye-witnesses, of thorough rcspccta-j ntce i i 1153. T
bility. are now alive and well known in .St. Louis 1 c j ; ’1H7. Th
who can snb.Mantiaiu the follow ing anecdote as u t
plain simple fuel : \
A few years since an extensive trading party was i
out in tlie mom.fain regions, when a forest of this 1
kind was discovered iu the vicinity of those ranges
of elevations known as the “ Blaek Hills” Singu
lar enough, when considt red in connexion with such
a story ns we have now to relate, one of the party
had with him an old volume of the “Arabian |
Nights,” and bud made himself highly popular j
ani'Mig tiie simple-hearted voijngucrs and people of I
the camp by reading the fascinating Oriental titles j
of that admirable romance to them by tbe camp fire j
at night. To do this well a supply of light was ne- j
cessarv, and the men ongerly sought every oppor- ;
Utility of securing pine knots for this purpose.
It wits, if recollection is not misled, iu the year ;
1823, and somewhere in the middle of the first
mouth of autumn, ns we obtain tbe story, that two j
of ibis party rode away from the line of camp, one .
afternoon, toward u distant appearance of timber, !
for tlte purpose of getting pine-knots for the even,
ing. The camp was then still in motion, und the !
two adventurers meant to get their knot and return, ;
calculating to reach the camp about tbe time for j
the evening bait. They soon reached u cluster of
pine trees, presenting every resemblance that was j
usual, and promising a rich gathering of the sort of j
fuel they were in seuch of. One was still occupi
Chronology of some important Inventions.
Maps. UinhoR, and Dials were first invented l»)
Aiidximut Jer in tbe sixth century before Christ.
They were first brought into England by Barthol
omew Columbus, iu 1489.
Comedy and Tmgcuy were first exhibited ot
Athens, 562 B. C. .HtfflT
Pluvs were first noted at Rome, 239 B. C»
The first public Library was fbuiiJMIt"XMiem.
526 B.O.
'rite firs! public Library Was founded ut Rome
107 B. C.
The first public Library was founded ut Alexan
dria, 284. A. D-
Paper was invented in Chinn. 170 B. C.
'I’lie Calender wfle reformed by Julius Caesur, 45
B. C.
In-iirancft on ships and merchandize, first made
in A. D. 43.
Saddles came into use in the 4th century.
! lorse shoes made of iron, were first used A* D.
tH 1. ^ ^
•Stirrups were not made till about
ter.
Mann far* ire of Silk brought from India into Eu-
rope. 551 A D.
Pens fi st made of quills. A. D’ 635.
Some molding and glass introduced into Eng
land A. I). 674.
P endings in court of Judicature introduced A
D- 788. ;
Tim figures of Arithmetic brought into Europe
by tiie St i aliens, A. D. 991.
I’Apcr mad** of cotton rugs invented towards the
close of the lO'li century.
Papi*• irudeuf Linen in 1300
Tne Degree of Doctor first confirmed in Europe,
at B ilnguo in I13g; in England b209.
Tin* first regular Bank was established at Ve
il.ink of Genoa was establish-
f A.nMcrdnm in 1G09. That
01 F. gland. 1084
A- ronomy and Geometry brought into England,
1220.
L non first made in England, 1253.
•8, ctncie.i invented, 1280.
Tim art of weaving introduced into England
1.334.
.Mu.-ical notes n^. now used, invented, 1330.
Gunpowdi r invented at Cologne by Schwartz
1320—10.
Cunions first used at the seigo of Algeziras.
1 342.
Mu -kets ill use, 1370.
Pistols in use, 1544.
Printing invented at Mcntz, bv Guttembcrg,
1440.
Printing introduced into England, 1471,
Post Office eM.ibiished in France, 1464 ; in En
gland, 11SI ; in Germany, 1641.
Turkevs ami chocolate introduced into Englund
from America in 1520.
Tobacco intro.meed into France by Nicot, 1560.
l’Arsl coach made in Englund, 1568.
Clocks first made in England, 1568.
Potatoes introduced into Ireland and England in
1586.
Tne circulation of the blood discovered by Iler
vey, iu 1019.
_ , The first Newspaper, published at Venice. 1630
ed in fastening ids animal, when he was startled by i first j„ France. 1031. First iu England, 1665.
Odd Reasons for Disliking Mustaciiios.—
“ Well, for my part,” said u young lady, “1 don’t
likv liiut a mini should wear mustaciiios ; it gives
him such an effeminate appearance.’’ She hastily
corrected herself, however, by saying, "dandyfied, l
mean.”
Johnson and Gray-—In 1747, Gray published
his Ode on a distant prospect of Eaton College, in
which lie thus addreses Father Thames :
Filher TlinmPfl.for tliou hunt seen
Pull many u sprightly race,
je ifcyi'Uiy snccopd
To chase tbe rolliue circle’s speed,
Or urge the flying bull ?”
In 1749. Dr. Johnson published Iris Rasselas, in
hicb occurs tliisfltpostrophe to the Nile : “Answer,
great Father i names of Waters ! Thou that
rollout thy floods through eighty nations, to the in-
vocations oftfm daughter of thy native King. Toll
me if tlKxf w uterosts, through till thy course, a sin-
gle Jumbal ion from wlticli tliou dost not bear the
murmurs of complaint ?”
In 1781, Johnson, iti v Kiis life of Gray, thus petu
lantly and unjustly criticises the beautiful passage
from which we have quoted : ‘TIis application lo I
Father Thames to tell him who drives the hoop, is ,
useless and puerile. Father Thames bad no better
menus of knowing than himself.”
CJrHV bad then been ten years dead; or, as u
Niuncli Etonian, lie might have turned upon Johnson
d said : “My dear Doctor, I consider my Father
Thames quite as well qualified to give a rational an-
swer to a plain question us your Father Niles.”
The Man above the Monarch-—The Ernpe-
ror of Russia was compelled to burry back from ; else,” ns live following specimen of lofty and burn
an extraordinary ringing sound behind him, and u
volley of malediction, iu demi-Freucli, semi-Saxon, j
from bis companion.
“Malheur, be d—m ! Tonncre and d'enfer to be |
pay ! VVliat is ull zis?”
“What is tho muttor ’*/ onid the Ollier. j
“*Tis some ruscai witch !” replied the French- j
man, half muttering in a soliloquy of us'ouislimeiit. j
“What is the matter ?” inquired the olaer again. !
“Jaae jes* look see here !” said the ustonished i
Gaul, picking his hatchet up from the ground, uud '
showing a ruinous new cleft iu (lie edge.
“Well, what's tiie matte'*?” said Ids friend.
i, ]Vaas sniazzer'l Wy, will you not see zero?!
ze tree is grow like d—n lie *”
“O, come,come ! don’t waste lime: you don’t
seem to know what yon arc talking about.”
“O, ye-es! By bad name! it ezz you don’t !
know much half wat you say !”
“Fiddle ! let’s cut some knots.”
“O.yee's, fiddle! Mo shall tell you, we had!
most best el’s cut some sleek !
“Cut s ick ! VVnut do you want to cut slick for ?” j
“I don’t care ; I is go.”
’The Frenchman was mounting his horse to be 1
off w hen bis Companion, hatchet in hand, uud won
dering w hut hud got into tho other, marched up to j
a young tret! and aimed a long sweeping blow ut a
p *rl that seemed to suit his purpose,
Cleclc eeng ! tbe hatchet flew- out of his baud with j
a shutp rebound and struck against another tree, i
ringing like u hammer on an anvil.
“An, ha? wat yon ces tuik ‘bout now, eli ?’ ” I
shunted the Frenchman from his saddle. “Malheur! 1
wat ezz come ? Z • rocky mountain go to grass, i
ami turn into all tree? Bicn e'sle drote /”
The incident we have only sought to present in
Codec introduced in’o Englund, 1611.
’Tea introduced “ “ 1666.
The steam engine invented by tile Marquis of
Worcester, 1655.
Firo engines first invented, 1663.
i'.M npikes first made in England, 1663.
Bayonets invented at Btyonne, (whence their
name) 1070. First brought into use at the buttle
of Turin, 1693.
Stereotype punting invented, 162."
New style of calender introduced into England
175
Air Balloons ami Aerostation invented in France
178
T i** first mail carried in England by stuge coach
L785.
l’lie cotton gin invented in Georgia, 1794.
Life boats invented in England, 1802.
Tiie first steam boat on tlie Hudson, 1907.
Tilt? sir ets ot London first lit with gus 1814.
The above items show how slowly the eondili
•of man has changed from age to age. During tin
.'first tnii teen centuries of the Christian Era, there
was hardly any improvement of mankind, in their
•seem!, political, or intellectual systems. 'The liber
•ntion of the public mind from its depressing ten
dencies, by tin* invention of printing, the reformn
lion.and me introduction of lire arms, has produc
j ed the rapid progress wnich it has made during the
j last few centuries, in noble inventions and discov
| arms, running tu rough the whole circle of art
i .science and litera tire. With the “wings of the
morning,” it has gone to the uttermost parts of tbe
I earth: it has grasped the highest truths of the sky
j above, and sought out the profound depths below ;
| and in every place, and over all subjects, mind is
Advice to a Daoohter.—Lei me coun.el you,
then, never lo otter Rn expreeeion, or do an act,
which even looke like eoliciting R*y gentleman’*,
attention. Remember that every expression of
civility, tobe of any value, must bo perfectly v !■
uulary ; ami any wish on your part, whether direct
ly expressed, to make yourself a favorite, will bo
certain to awaken the disgust of all who know it.—
I would not recommend to you any thing like u
prnUUU or affected reserve ; but even thi. is not
so uni’nrtunate an extreme, as an excessive for
wardness. While you so modestly accept any at
lentions which propriety warrants, let there bo no
attempt ni tin l ul insinuation on one hand, or at tak
ing u man’s licarl by storm on tlte other.
lie nut ambitious to be considered a bell’. In
deed, 1 bud rullier you be olmost anything else,
which dues not involve gross moral obliquity, than
this. It is tho fate of most belies that they become
foolishly vain, think of nothing, and care for noth
ing beyond personal display ; and not unfrequent-
ly sacrifice themselves in o mad bargain, which
involves llieir destinies for life.—The more
solid and enduring esteem you enjoy, the better,
und you ought tu gain whatever of litis you can by
honurabJo means, hut lo he admired, caressed and
flattered, (nr mere accidental qualities, which in*
1 vulve nothing of intellectual or moral worth, might
to render any girl, who is the subject of it, an ob.
ject uf pity. You aro at liberty to desire the good
opinion of every gentleman of your acquaintance,
hut it would l>e worse titan folly in you to bo am.
bilious ufu bliad abmiration.
I will only add, that you ought to Le on your
j guard against the influence of flattery. Rely on
it, thu man who flatters you, whatever he may
I profess, U not your friend.
It were a much kinder office, and a real mark
of friendship, to admonish you tenderly, yet honest
ly, of your faults. If you yield a little to flattery,
; you have placed yourself oil dangerous ground ; n
■ you coni time tu yield, you are not improbably un-
I done.
, Thkiluns Oratory.—They have some very
brave orators iu linosiordom ; that fact there is no
; disputing, if we admit thut tbe reporters translate
them at iglit, nnd of course lliey “don’t doanything
England to tlte bedside of a dying daughter. Tlte
city oi'St Petersburg expressed its sympathies with
their monarch, and a friend on the spot has furti-
lie I os with a translation of the reply :
Auto^mfihioil eilii-l of his Majesty the Emperor of
Russia to the Military Governor General of St.
Petersburg, on the occasion of Ilic death of his
daughter, the. Grand Duchess Alexandrine, Prin
cess of I -esse Vassal.
Alter having conducted to their last resting place
ihe remains of my deceased daughter, the first im-
pulse ol my heart is to desire you to make known
to the inhabitants of tlie capital how keenly we have
ill been touched with the manifestations of getter.
interest wlticli we have received, nut only dur
ing the long continued and fatal illness of our much,
loved daughter, but also at the time of her death
nd during the past night. Such manifestations of
unanimity of feeing are not new lo me: hitherto
they had been displayed on occasions of joy ; now,
when it has pleased liod to try us by so heavy a
stroke, humbly submitting lo his impenetrable will
could there be a sweeter consolation for our paren-
al hearts limn to see iu these lively and toi'chlng
demonstrations the proof that our sorrow, shared
by the whole of the vust national family which Uud
has confided to my care 1 It is therefore as a pa
rent that we thunk them for this filial love, iu which
find a solace in our affliction, und myself, in par
ticular, tho strong'll lo pursue my arduous career.
May the reciprocity of the sentiments lie for the
future a tiew guaranty for the happiness of Russiu !
1 am your atfectiouate
NICHOLAS.
Island of Te.laguin. 1 o'clock, A.M Aug.1844.
The Fate ok the Inventor of the Guillotine.
—Ills retreat wus so profound that it was said, and
readily believed, that lie too Imd fallen a victim to
his own invention. But it was not so ; ho was
indeed imprisoned during tile .fucohin reign of ter.
ror, his crime being, it is said, (Gitgol, p. 8) tliut
he testified un indiscreet indignation of a prnposi.
Hun iitttde lo him by Dunimi to superintend the con
struction of a trippln guillotine. There is no doubt
that a double instrument was thought of, und it is
said that such a machine was made, and intended
to fie erectetl in the great hall of the l’ulais de .lus.
lice, hut it was certainly never used; and we should
very much and for many reasons doubt whether it
could have been a design of Damon. This gen.
oral jail delivery of the Ot Ii Thcriuidor released
Guiilolin, and he afterwards lived in a decent me
diocrity of fortune ut Paris, esteemed, it is said, hy
a small circle of friends, hut overwhelmed by a
deep sensibility to the grent, though we cannot say
wholly undeserved, misfortune which hud reii lored
Ii is name ignominious und his very existence a sub
ject of fearful curiosity, lie just lived lo see tho
restoration, nnd died iu his hod in Paris on the 35th
of May, 1814, aged seventy.six.— Quarterly Re
view.
ing eloquence will testify r
•‘Americans ! This is groat country—wide—
vast—and in tho soulhweast, unlimited. Our Re-
public is yet destine:', to re annex all S. America—
to occupy the Russian posessions, und again t»
recovet possession of those British provinces, wlticli
the prowess of the French on the plains of A lira.
Imm ! all rightfully ours to re-occupy. Ours is a
great and growing country. Faneuil Hall was its
Cruillo *—but whnr—whnr will be found timber
enough for its coffin? Scoop all the water nut of
the Atlantic Ocean, und its bed would not afford a
grave sufficient for its corpse. And yet America
has scarcely grown mil of tiie gristle of boyhood.
Europe ? Site is no wltar : nothing ; a circum
stance; a cypher; a mere obselele idea. We
j have faster steamboats, swifter locomotives, target
creeks, bigger plantations, deeper cataracts, loud
er thunder, forkeder lightning, braver men, hand,
soiner women und more money titan England dar
have !—[Thundering applause.] Who is afraid >
Hear Ambrose Spencer*—A few weeks since-
this worthy nnd revered individual being culled up
on to address a meeting of Whigs in Wayne cmui..
tv, thus referred to his acquaintance with the “Fur-
mcr of Ashland,” Henry Clay :
“In the course of a long life,” be said, “it Imtsl
been Itis fortune to become more or less acquainted!
with all the great men this country lias produced,.
Uo had shaken hands and conversed with the Fath
er of Itis Country, Gun, Washington ; he Imd vot, cl
for, and was on terms of p'easant intercourse will.,
the immortal Jefferson ; and among all the nnblc
spirits which it had been Ins pride to know, ho re\ ■
or knew a purer patriot, n man more ardently nnd
faithfully devoted to tho welfnro of Itis countr\.
than Henry Clay, with whom h$ was familiar.)
acquainted.”
Compare remarks of this character, from per
sons wim have enjoyed Ihe acquaintance of Mr.
Clav, fur many years, with the baseless and irris.
ponsible assertions against him brought forward hy
itis opponents.
Gout.—In what does the true nature of tho gou’.
consist? If we carefully attend lo the circum
stances under which the disease appears, the ail.
meets hy which it is preceded, certain of the symp
toms with which it is uccompunied, and those which
terminate tho paroxysm, we shall detect one inva
riable concomitant of them all, capuble of deter
mining built ihe essential nature of the gout and
the cause producing it; and that is, acidity in some
form or other. In fact, the gout is produced hy
the redundant formation and presence uf liil.i,-
acid, or its elements, in tho blood, mid medical
Ireutmenl can be effectually successful unless di
rected to its expulsion,—Dr, Hume Wealherhaad
on the Gout.
unon thecnrmid we looked around the spectacle, I verbally obtained, nothing belong. !
il was appalling and heart-sickening ! I ‘"8 “V" “" vln 8 'he mem setting to. |
Tlte firing bad ceased, and the warriors were of
gether of winds. That the Iu
tlte head of tho Chavcnne rivet
fectually dispersed. , ... . .
The captain mounted tho trunk and harangued I u, l ISieck Hills, is
the natives. He waved his outspread hands over 1 ' “ " ,l "
them, as a father over his children, and toid ilium
be had come herenslhoir friend : they had come
to massacre him, nnd had met their doom from thu
all-powerful ubiquitous “White King,” who com
muoed with the “Spirit of the Sun,” lo w hich lumi
nary he pointed.
The natives, with their heads bobbing up and
down under cover of tlte canoes, gazed al him
in wonder and amazement.
A breeze sprung up, and we set nil sail ; it was
night, uud we were once more upon tiie ocean.
turtati
xists there, at
in tho vicinity of ;
that there are no I
very tow wooden i
i .uud St. Louis
ones on the Platte.
The effect produced upon the Frenchman that wo
have spoken of, was to make him believe implicitly
itt nil the stories that ho imd ever reud before from
the A cabin it Nights. And nothing after all could
convince him that the flying palaces ol Aladin, the
wonderful caverns and trniisceiidant gardens, the
alludes of the Genii, and tlte wonderful extrava
gance of thu fairies, w as any thing but most solemn
truth, set down in a book.
Thousands w ill reud about a “Petrified Forest”
Pavement ok Paris.—Parts exhibits a mixture
of stone bitumen, and wood pavements. 1 he
principal streets of tho city were first paved so
early as 1184, by order ol Hie King ; hut iu many
of tlte quarters the streets were unpaved so late
as 1640. Beckmann gives u curious account of
tho police regulations concerning tlte cleansing of
tlte streets, from which we may infer that roadw ays
were in a very miry stale ; indeed, modern l arm
Ims not had high credit for the condition of its
streets. Sir Henry Parnell, in his “Treatise on
Roads," remarked that tho best kind of Paris pav
ing wus thus made: A layer of broken stones was
firm laid down ; then tlte old paving stones were
laid as a sub-pavement t und, lastly, a new layer of
dressed stones for surface-pavement; forming al
together n very durable roadway. Bitumen pave
ments have been laid down to u greater extent in
Paris than in London. The great Place do In
Concorde, many of the promenades on the Bouve.
lard*, the foot-paths of the Pont Royal and tho l on
Carousal, one side of the Pont Neuf footway, and
other public places in Paris, hnvo been paved will,
one or other of tlte different asphaltic bitumen..
Companion to Almanac.
ting itu mastery anil achieving its cunquesis.
Sc-mt’s Misapplication of his Talents.—In a
railroad carriage) the other day the conversation
between tw » ot the passengers turn-ed on the gen
: in? nfSir Waiter “ V! very.' M”oU-rv* d
I a mil l, in u pu ju-pooliing tonu ; bin J consider dim
i to he very much over-ruled” “Over-ruled?”
“M nd,” continued the objector, “1 don’t mean to
j deny that he Ind talent—great talents; but it a pity
’ he did not. apyly it to a better purpose“ A belter
| purpose ! I \ hat ?” “ W hy,” rep'.it d tiie uiiliurian,
; “wim such lu ents as hi->. what mi^ht he nut have
i been il lit* na I stuck lo his profession."
And Sbakspeare ! Wnut improvements in the
art of wool-combing might not have been discover
I ed, had tbe humid Mulent” which produced Oihelo
and As t/ott like It been “ applied to better purp<
still, unbelieving that any thing can exist in nature, I _| m d Shukspeare stuck to his profession I “ How
and this writer knows well how d«ep he is plung. ''
ing into the reputation of a romancer hy this sketch;'
but the story is told, and thu learned uud unlearned |
iu theoretical petrification aro welcome lo make I
what they please of it,
Borne tilings tire bound to he laughed at before j
before they are believed ; and some things are sure i
to be laughed nt after they believe in regard to ibis !
petrified forest ; and whether they believe or laugh j
first it is left for their excellent and acute discern- j
ing to decide.—St. Louis Reveille.
A Clergyman One Hunerkd and Ten Years
Old —Tito Utica Baptist Register says that Rev.
Bent. Hovoy preached in. the Broad street Bt.pl.st
Chapel iu that City on the afternoon of last Sabbam
ia September. Mr. H. ha. altutnod to the remark,
able age of one hundred and ten year*.
Something Queer Indeed.—Iu looking over tlte
returns of the recent election iu Westmoreland
county, for Governor, we find a singular coinci
dence with that of the election for President in the
year 1840, in tho fact tiiui the same number of
votes were cast fur the respective candidates for
Governor that were given for the Presidential can,
Ii,tales, nnd, of course, resulting iu precisely the
same majority. At thu election uf 1840, Mr, Van
Buren received 4.704 voles, nod Gen, Harrison,
3.778, leaving a majority for Mr. Van Buren of
1.036, and ut the late election Mr. Shuuk received
4.704 votes, und Gen. Markle 3.778, by which Mr.
S, had the same numhorof u majority that Mr. Van
Buren had. There is something really singular
tu the coincidence.—Pittsburg American,
A young physician asking permission of a lady
to ki»s her. l,o replied, “ No, sir ; 1 never like to
Ituve a Doctor's bill thrust into my face.”
staid a scrivener was in Milton lost !” Pope too.
When he sung “I left no calling for this idle trade,”
he forgot that for the measures ot verso he for
sook tlte measures in the linendrnper shop of his
father. Had ho not so tnisimplied Ins “talent” we
should have been w ithout the Rape of the Lock, the
Eloisa, the Satires—hut, then, tlte world had hail
n linen-draper, such as the world had never looked
upon before. And Scott’s contemporaries, South
ey, Rogers, Campbell, H.ulium, Moore, and others
I —all, all to be pitied—wlae,ice is such a mass of
, pity to bo supplied !—for- not upplyitig tlteir talent
to bettor purposes I
There is much in this little anecdote. It furn
ishesun unhappy sign of the limes. The speaker
is net singular in his notion of the proper applica
tion of "talent.” Unhappily, he is one of a very
numerous mod, whose object is lo sacrifice all that
elevates, ee,tobies, and refines, to money getting
utility. He did not formally reuou ,ce his politics,
nor was there any need he should. He said sufficient
to prove himself to ho nothing more than a coarse,
gross Cobdenite.—London paper.
“Cullee, what do you tink do moso useful ob de
planets—de sun or de moon?” ” Well sambo, I
link de moon orter take de fus rank in dal ar ’tick,
ler.” “Wlta, wim, wim, why you tink so, Cuffee?”
••Well, I’ll tell you; kase see shines by night
we want light, and de tun shine hy day, when
when we do not." “Well, Cuff! you is the greut
en nigger 1 knows on—dut’a a rale far."
The Pibroch.—This is- tt species of tune pecu
liar to the Highlands and Western Isles of Scot
land. It is performed on a bagpipe, and ditfers to
tally from all other music. Its rhythm is so it re
gular, uud its notes, especially in the quick move
ment, so mixed and huddled together, that a stran
ger finds it impossible to reconcile his ear to it st,
as to perceive its modulation. Some of tlte pi-
lirechs, being i..tended to represent a batlio, begin
with a grave motion resembling a march ; then
gradually quicken into the onset ; run ulF with noi
sy confusion anti turbulent rapidity, to imitate the
conflict nnd pursuit; then swell into a few flour
ishes „f triumphant joy ; attd perhaps close with
tne wild and slow wuiungs of a funeral procession.
Dr. Beattie.
Similes.—The use of well adapted similes is in
n maui.t r essential to a poem. In the Georgies id
Virgil none ea„ bo more justthun-.hu comparison
ufu wed ordered vineyard to tho Roman tinny
drawn out in rank and file ; nor could any have
bee,, more happily imagined than that of a hull rush
ing on Iris adversary, to a great wave rolling to the
shore, nnd dashing over the rocks. But above ail
that celebrated simile of the Nightingale, in lie-
fourth book, has been no less deservedly than uni
versally applauded.—l‘iof Marlyn.
Dreadful Storm at Havana.—By accounts
received from Cupt. Wilkins, oflhohrigTiti.it
qipeu is that upwards of one hundred houses were
unroofed and otherwiso damaged, and great injury
lone to (lie harbour boats and shipping ut Havana,
by a hurricane mi the 4th and 5,h iosl. The ship
Perdonel ami several other American vessels bound
in were dismasted. The effects of Iho hurricane
were also fell at Mutanzas, 3 vessels only rode out
the gale in safety out of 36 thu'. were in the, pnrt.—
Great apprehensions were felt as lo the brig Boland
which lelt Havana the day before Ihe gale,during
which a Spanish brig of war was lost, crew suved
except one man.
Marriage in High Like. — William M. Merrick (
E.-q., of Maryland, son of the Hon. VVm. I). Mer
rick. U. 8. Senator from llmt State, was united in
wedlock on last evening to Miss Wickliffu, one of
the daughters of file Postmaster General. The
nuptial ceremonies took place at tlte residence of
the father of tho bride, in this ci'y ami were at
tended by a large parly of invited friends—among
whom were the Cabinet officers, tire Mayor ol
Washington, officers of tho Army and Navy, Cce.
— Washington Standard. 10/A inst.
Mississippi.—Tho Editorofthe Vicksburg Whig
who Ims just returned from u three months tour
through that State wish o„e of the Whig Electors,
gives u most animating view of the Whig prospects
there.
Voice of the Clergy.—We find tho following
iu tho last number of thu Mt. Vernon (O.) Times :
An incident occurred during tiie recent session
of tho North Ohio Methodist conference, which is
worthy of note A company of Clergymen, num
ber b> ing til'ly.five, made a trip up the cunul to tiie
town el / ,ar. On their return,tho captain of the
canal boat, in which they Imd taken passage, pro.
p.iscd llml u vote should he taken to ascertain
wh.ehol the two candidates could claim the most
friends among the clergy. The vote stood us fol
lows : For Clay, 53 ; for Polk,2 ; for Birney, J.
Majority for Clay, 49.
A Constructive Compliment.—An Arabian
having brought a blush to a maiden’s cheek hy the
| earnestness of his gaze, said to her “my looks have
j planted roses in your cheeks, why forbid me lo
| gather them ? The law permits him*who sows !o
i reap the harvest.”
i Superstitions of theCarrjotes.—Tho Cattail
j otes are extremely superstitious. If a female has
! convulsions, they imagine she is possessed hy the
i,|«vil, who is supposed not to utlack men; they
have frequently burnt their unfortunate women
alive, thinking it the more t fficacious method ,,l
i destroying the evil spirit. So late as the year 1799
the Austrian Governor with great difficulty pre
vented the inhabitants of Nuovo from burning a
-•ill of nineteen, who happened tobe subject to cun.
w,Lions.—Dudwell's Travels in Greece.
Uevenue.—The revenue from Customs at tho I’.-rt
! of Boston from nine months of 1844 ending on the 1st
• ,. . w, -i i r.-vr
S4.H14J
2,457,997
8,520,310
19,203,380
355.117
818,990
13,444,145
i in tae corresponding period of 1843
j At the port ot New York for the 9 months
i of 1843
la the corresponding period of 1844
At the port ol Baltimore ter eight months
of 1843, ending 1st of September
In the cerrespending period of 1844
The increase of Revenue at these three ex
hibited in this statement is
The Human Voice.—There is something in
the gay tones of tho humun voice. Taey seem, in
the hour of despondency and gloom, to assure us
| that all is not sadness in tho world ; that there is
J truly such a tiling as hope ; that there nro moments
of enjoyment, and that the heart is not altogether
j forbidden to bo happy : ull matters of which wc
j os,ten ii,i many doubts when the cloud of sorrow
liist (alls upon us. and hides tho brighlof things of
life from our eyes. . -s
* Irt-boDM is Ulllstq
Memory.—Memory is the true old ^!! v “'" 1 b * r ™
the heart, wandering sadly through the »'Vc"iiu»ami, Em,'
ilie past, und refreshing the tombstones UND, 1.1. c.
.. I. c.
gone lorevcr. , Ci
“A Whig Husband—or None.”—A Whig pc. y
per atHIcs, that ut llto lute Whig Convention ut
Columbia, Teunossee, a lady carried a banner with
the abate motto inscribed upon it;