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Columbian jDutfcunt, AA'D SAVANN.UI GAZETTE. PCBLISHEDON TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AM) SATURDAY MOIINIXGS, MY RAPPEL # BART LET, On the Bay. POETRY ~ [FROM TIIE If Y.EVKXING POST, MAY 29. Sir Philip Sidney said, as Addison tells us, that he never could read the old ballad of Che vy Chase, without feeling his heart beat within him, as at the sound of a trumpet. The follow ing lines, which are to be ranked among the highest inspirations of the Muse, will suggest similar associations in the breast of the gallant American officer. THE AMERICAN FLAG. When freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurl’d her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milkey baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morningl ight; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud ! Who rear’st aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest-trumping loud, And see the lightning-lances driven, When stride the warriors of the storm, And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven ! Child of the Sun ! to thee ’tis giver. To guard the banner of the free, Tohcver in the sulphur smoke, To warde away the battle stroke, And bid its blendings shine afar, Like rainbows on the cloud of war, The harbingers ol victory ! Flag of the brave ! thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high ! When speaks the signal trumpet-tone, And the long line comes gleaming on, (Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, Has diwm’d the glist’ning bayonet ) Each soidier’seye shall brightly turn To w here thy meteor-glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance! And when the cannon-mouthings loud, Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud, And gory sabres rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight’s pall ! There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath, Each gallant arm that strike below, That lofty messenger of death. Flag of the seas ! on ocean’s wave Thy stars shall glitter o’er the brave, When Death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darklcy round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broad sides reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, at once, to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly’, In triumph, o’er his closing ey e. Flag of the free hearts only home, By angel bands to valour given! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were horn in Heaven ! For ever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us ! With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s banner streaming o’er us ! CROAKER & CO. Miscellaneous Selections. THE BUTTERFLY IN CHURCH. Last Sunday afternoon a butterfly ap peared in the church. Borne on the wind, the variegated stranger fluttered in, and immediately attracted the attention of half the congregation. The younger auditors watched every motion, the older looked occasionally at the insect, and even the gravest cast an inquiring glance on the beautiful stranger, as it wandered about without any apparent object, now hovering over the flowers of a bonnet, and now waft ed toward the roses on some beauty’s cheek. After a few vagaries of this kind, the but terfly went out as it came in, through a window. Thi- little creature is a striking emblem of a belle at church. Just like our butter fly, the airy Milissa enters the house with out a thought on the object of the assembly, without a care except to see and he seen. She too is the subject of universal notice, as she glides gracefully to her pew. Nor is site a whit more still, solemn, or engaged in the business of the place. This lady’s bonnet, that lady’s shawl, and yonder gen tleman’s wealth, talents or looks, catch her thoughts by turns for a moment, as her eye rambles over the congregation, and her fan often emulates the restlessness of the but terfly’s wing. The hour past, she flits away in like manner, the gaze of all the fops, the nity of all the wise, and the envy of all the weak girls among the audience. Such it the beautiful, lively, acccnnipli*h od,thoughtless Melissa, whom I shall nev er ••• again on Monday, without thinking of the butterfly iu church. Columbia H. C. ‘ftl. Beauty in England, France, and Italy. BY M. STANDHAL. ancona, (italy) may 27. I met, at St Cirac, a Russian general, a friend of Erfuth, who had just come from Paris. A physical peculiarity of the French shocked my Russian friend very much : the dreadful leanness of the most of the danseuses at the opera. In fact it seeing to me, on reflection, that many of onr fash ionable women, who are extremely slen der, have caused this circumstance to enter into the idea of beauty. Leanness is, in France, considered necessary to an elegant air. In Italy, people think, very rationally that the lirst condition of it is the air of health, without which there is no voluptu ousness. The Russian is of opinion that beauty is very rare among the French ladies. He maintains that the finest figures he saw in Paris were English women. If we take the trouble to count in the Bois de Boulogne, out of a hundred Frenclu women eighty are agreeable, and hardly one beautiful. Out of a hundred English women thirty are grotesque, forty are de cidedly ugly, twenty tolerably well, thro’ moussadas, and ten divinities on this earth, from the freshness and innocence of their beauty, Out of a hundred Italian women, thirty are carricatures, w’ith lace and neck bes meared with rouge and powder ; fifty are beautiful, but w ith no other attraction than an air of voluptuousness ; die twenty oth ers are of antique beauty, the most over powering, and, in our opinion, surpass even the most beautiful English women. English beauty seems avaricious, without soil and life, beside the divine eyes which Heaven has given to Italy. The form of hones in the hand is ugly at Paris ; it approximates to that of the mon key, and it prevents the women from resist ing the attacks of rtge. The three most beautiful women of Romane are certainly more than 45. Paris is farther north, and yet such a miracle was never yet observed there. I observed to the Russian general that Paris and Champagne w'ere the parts of France where the configuration of the head partakes the least of beauty. The women of Pays de Veux (in Normandy) and of Arles (in Provence) approximate more to the beautiful forms of Italy. Here and there is always some grand feature, even in the heads of the most decidedly ugly. Some idea may be formed of this, from the heads of the old women of Leon ardo da Vinci, and of Raphael. As to male beauty, after the Italians we give the preference to young Englishmen, when they escape clumsiness. A young Italian peasant that happens to be ugly, is fright ful ; the French peas ant is silly; and the English is vulgar. The conversation at a party turned up on the duration of connubial happiness, and various anecdotes were related of couples living in harmony together for nearly half a century. At length, some one observed, that he knew a pair who had been married upwards of fifty years, and that the husband, who was the survivor, had assured the relator, that they never exchanged a cross word during the whole period. “What think you of that,my lord ?” said a gentleman to a worthy Scotch pre late,who was mute during the former part of conversation. “Wiiy, sir, (replied his lordship, in the true scotch accent) I think it must a been very dool” (dull.) THE BEGGARS’ GALA. To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. Sir —An old fellow, but a particular friend, well knowing 1 have a predilection to witness any thing of a novel nature, pre vailed upon me the other evening to visit a house in the vicinity of St. Giles’, famous for the resort of beggars : he had been there frequently, and of course was awiare how to act. Having attired ourselves in a suit able manner, we set out, resolved to engage a hackney coach a part of the way, but soon found it impossible, being ridiculed by every coachman. After some difficulty howev er, we arrived, and were surprised to hear a violent commotion in the room above. \ly friend instantly acquainted me that they were only changing their clothes to prepare for supper ; both males and fe males dressed, he said, indiscriminately in the same apartment, each having a box for clothes. Iu about ten minutes supper was announced, and we proceeded upstairs; judge my astonishment f From forty to fif ty men and women, of the most strange appearance, were seated at table, some of whom I remembered in the streets. My friend instantly commenced, speaking slang, and as 1 did not understand how to express myself in the attic style , he introduced me by saying I was a good one from the coun try, but lately had a ruffer (bad job,) and was out of (£. The supper consisted of boiled beef, vegetables, mutton chops, beef steaks, and likewise two lasge apple pud dings. The plates were pewter, and all the knives and forks chained to the table, yet ho judiciously that a person could use them in an agreeable manner: but the noise created by the chains reminded me id a regiment of soldiers exercising with swords. To complete the scene, a fellow was seated in a kind of pulpit, to observe nothing was embe/./.lcd, and particularly that no one pocketed any provisions. Al ter all were apparently satisfied, the roa tram gentleman put a question to the chair man in the cant phrase, which was answer ed in the affirmative. (I did not under stand it.) Instantly the table was let down to the room below, which so intimid ated me, that I was in the act of rising. But my friend seized my arm, and told me to remain tranquil. 1 began to suspect a fancy trick on foot, which once was un fortunately played upon me ; however, it proved nothing more than for the purpose of clearing the table, for in a few seconds it was icplaccd, and the question put meant “it all had done.” After supper some ale, others gin, or porter, and each produced the sum collected dur ing the day. One man had a pound in copper, another ten shillings, and none less than five. They now recounted the tricks they made use of, and the effect they had on the public—were all acquain ted with magistrates in town, and descri bed several in the most ludicrous way. They are a corporate body, and have laws ; and I was admitted a member for which honor I gave a pot of porter, and a penny to their own bishop, as they called him, for inserting my name—(he was once a parish clerk, and (he only one of their friends who could write.) When solicited for my name, I said Jaclc Sprat, which excited laughter; and the president, after giving the health of mr. Sprat, shook hands with me, and trusted I should soon prig the London cocknies.—Each individual gave one shilling and six-pence for supper, and an half penny to the waiter. The liquor w’as paid for as it came in. We remained* three hours, and I oenfess I was much a mused with the select party.—Yours, &c. AMICUS. Bedford Square, Feb. 4. 1819. P. S, Every one resumed his old attire before he departed from the house, and each individual left it separately. Sporting Magazine, Feb. 1819. Foreign News. from the char, times, 11th inst. KINGSTON, JAM. MAY 7th. Letters were yesterday received in this place from Curracoa, which state that Bri en’s squadron, composed of nearly 20 sail, which had sailed from Margarita for Cu mana, had experienced a severe gale, in which the whole squadron had been either dismasted or otherwise injured, and that the commodore’s ship had with great diffi culty succeeded in returning to Margarita, with 6 feet water in her hold. These let ters add, that out of 800 British troops which had arrived at that Island, 200 had already been carried oflby disease,although it is considered the most healthy of the VVest-india islands. Other advices say, that Bolivai was completely paralized in his military operations. KINGSTON, MAY 18. By the arrival af H. M’s. ship Sapphire, in 12 days from Porto Bello, vve have, re ceived the following intelligence ; It ap pears that a force of 1000 or 1200 men, commanded by gen. Hore, began their march on the 28th ult. from Panama for Porto Bello, and on the Ist inst. attacked the place while the Insurgents were in bed. M'Gregor escaped with great difficulty, in his shirt, by jumping out of a window 20 feet high, and to save his life ran to the shore, jumped into the sea, and swam to a schooner, from which he was conveyed to the brig Aero. In the action about 100 men were killed and wounded, and gen. Lopez and col. O’Hara lost their lives. Nearly 300 Insurgent troops and 70 offi cers were taken prisoners and sent to Pan ama—only 12 escaped. The Insurgent squadron left the port during the confu sion. Another account says—On the 50th April gen Hore attacked M’Gregor’s force at 6 o’clock in the morning, and surprized it, but he had the good fortune to escape by leaping from a window of the govern ment house, 20 feet from the ground. The foolish adventurers who followed his stan dard, have been all either killed or taken prisoners and their baggage has fallen into the hands of gen. Hore—7o officers and 300 privates were taken prisoners and marched off’to Panama. M’Gregor, who k nows much better how to leap than to be a military commander, instead of retiring to the fort and there defending himself, abandoned his men and escaped on board of a vessel. The insurgents kept up a brisk fire of cannon and musketry, but the Royalist 9 experienced very little loss. Gen. Hore was to leave Porto Bello for Chagres on the 3d of May, and would then return to Panama to give same rest to his brave troops. Extract of a letter from Porto Bello, dated the 4th of May. “On the night of the 30th ult. the Span ish forces from Panama, commanded by gen. Hore, marched into the neighborhood of this city, intending to make an attack at daylight on the town, in conjunction with colonel Santacruz’s division, accord ing to previous arrangements—This divis ion, however did not arrive as soon as was expected, and general Hore was in conse quence about retiring when it appeared— and at f> in the morning lie entered the town without the smallest opposition. The Spanish troops occupied at the same time,all thedilVercut posts — the Insurgents who were exercising in the square, were immediately attacked, and the greater part of them compelled to surrender—colonel O’Hara received two bullets in his groins as be was going into the Fort, and was ta ken prisoner—-lie died the second day af ter lie waa put into thu hospital. M'Ure- gor was in bed at the time of attack, and to escape leaped from a window into the street, ran to the shore and swain on board the brig Hero. Gov. Lopez, who slept in the next room, was killed in bed. Col. Baster, with a lew fellows retired to a fort on the beach, where, being attacked by the Royalists he was compelled to surrender. —The loss of the Insurgents amounts to 30 killed and about 50 wounded. The Spanish lost only 4 men, which must be at tributed to M'Gregors having been com pletely surprised, on account of not having a single centinel or piquet stationed out of town. Seventy three officers were march ed off to Panama, and gen. Hore, after ma king all necessary arrangements respect ing the disposal of his forces & the security of the prisoners, returned to Panama by way of chagres. The greatest care has been taken of the wounded and sick. After the capture of Porto Bello, gen. Hore issued a proclamation, promising to provide those of the prisoners who were mechanics with the means of following their respective trades ; and all of them have been treated with great humanity.” COMMERCIAL. FROM THE CHARLESTON TIMES, JUNE 10. FROM THE HAVANA. By the ship Pierce-Manning, capt. Campbell, we have received from our correspondent Ha vana papers to the 31st May, and a letter, cf which the following- is a copy: HAVANA, MAY 31. “I sent you a Price Current of the 22d inst. per the Roderick, via Savannah, w ith corrections up to the 28th inst Coffee continues to droop, and prime parcels have been offered in the mar ket at §2O£ —§18 and 20 is a fair quotation of the_d_ay. Rice is enquired for and has a good prospect—Also Beef and Codfish. The drought ~bks been excessive throughout the country, so much so, that the planters are at a non plus how to feed their negroes—this, together with the extreme high price and scarcity of jerked Beef is the cause of the present demand for provis ions—within this day or two past some light rains have fallen; though the Coffee estates have suffered much, and we apprehend has caused a failure of the last and principal blos som ; consequently the coming crop es Coffee will be small. By the arrival of a packet from Santa Martha, some rumours have spread that Porto Bello is in possession of Sir Gregor M’Gregor, and that Lord Cochrane’s fleet is at Panama. Informa tion on this subject is so difficult to be obtained, that I will not vouch so- the veracity of what 1 communicate. His catholic majesty’s ship of the line Asia, arrived here hesterday from Vera Cruz, likewise a frigate from Cadiz.: they bring nothing important. The brig Catharine, of your port, capt. Wells man, has arrived from Gibraltar in 44 days, is discharging, and will sail for Charleston in the course of next week. Nothing has ever been heard of the Legal Tender, it is very much feared that she is lost, and that all on board have perished. Our city and harbor is very sickly, and cases of the most malignant nature occur daily'. Mr. John Lynch, of the house of Lynch & Martin, of this place, was buried yesterday. The wea ther is extremely hot, and we fear it will be a fatal season for foreigners in this place. Enclosed you have papers and prices current, to which I refer for the general state of our markets.” Beef, cargo, bbl §l6 a 17, prime', do. 19 a 20—Butter, yellow, per qq 20 a 26—Cheese, Holland, do 14 a 18 : do English, do 20 ; do A merican, do 12—Candles, sperm, lb 5 a 5$ rials; do mould sixes onlyrper qq §2O a 24—Codfish, qq §6 4 rs. a 7 4 rs—Flour, superfine Philadel phia, bbl 16 4rs a 17 ; do Richmond, 15 4 rs; do N. Orleans, 13 4 rs a 14—Hams, per qq 20 a 23 —Lard, do 16 a 20—Pork, cargo, bbl 20; do prime bo 22 a 28—Rice, per qq 5 4 rs a 7 4 rs— Soap, Am. do 10 a 12—Boards, M. feet, §26 a 30—Hoops, per M. 30 a3s—Pitch, per 11b. 5 a 5 4 rs —Tar, do 4 4 rs—Spirits Turpentine, per qq §lO a 12. Exports —Coffee, Ist qual per qq §2O 4 rs ; do 2d qual 18; do 3d do triage 14 a 15—Molasses, per keg, 9 a 9£ rs—Sugar, mus per atToba, 17rs a2 1 r; do brown, 1 6 rs a 1 7rs; do white, 2 6 rsa 3—Segars per 1000 §9 a 12. Our Havana papers contain accounts of the re capture of Porto Bello by the Royalists, which had been received in that city by way of Jamai ca. These accounts agree with those given by capt. Fleetwood, who arrived at Baltimore, and which we published yesterday. The Spaniards give gen. M’Gregor great praise for jumping,and drily say that nature formed him rather to jump than command. In this affair gen. Lopez and col. O’Hara were killed. The first in bed, and the ‘latter in attempting to enter the fort, re ceived two balls through the body.—Particulars tomorrow. The Markets, says the N. Y. Gazette* are supplied with an unusual abundance of every thing for the season, and it has been supposed that the prices would have been something like the limes.—The scarcity of money and the difficulties of trade must very soon affect the necessaries of life. The Baltimore markets, says the “ Par trlot” of that city, are about 25 per cent, higher than those of Philadelphia and New- York—And the Charleston markets are worse than either. Ought these things to tie P Priceat Georgetown, June 9.—(’of ton, I Acts; Rice, prime, §3; middling. H 2 H 7; Flour, Philadelphia, 10; Fayetteville, 10; Cum 75 cents. S.l VAXXJIU. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1819. THE qUIZICONONLItIA, By Fudge FufFendorF, Esq. [ln this number squire Pvffendorf laketh a hold stand, a nd tpeukefh concerning war and blood . shed, m n i tyle becoming the dignity of his office, lhs zeal waxeln hot ,- but, {after the manner of other godly people ) he venteth it in words, and cometh to himsef again —Tobias j 1 here is nothing In the wide world, but con. tiuuid war and unceasing hostility. Even the very elements of nature, seem compounded from the jarring principles of opposition ; whose re pelling influence sets at defiance the laws peace and order. Every particle of inanimate matter seems te delight in the ruin and destruc tion of its fellow. I have seen the lightning c f heaven dart fury to the bosom of the earth; whose angry bowels belched forth again columns of liquid fire and burning lava, with mighty noise and bellow ings, that drowned the feebler thuu der of the clouds. 1 have seen outrageous tor nadoes, and merciless tempests, that drove ru. in over the face of nature; and marked the rudeness of the mountain peak, that grinned in mockery, in the face of the storm. Earthquakes and inundations, have swept regions to oblivion, and conflagrations have levelled the pride of the forest. All animal being, seems likewise compounded from the same hostile ingredients, and alike im patient of peace. Every species is at war with its neighbor, and every element is a field ofbat tie. The eag-le preys on the inhabitant of the air, and the tyger lives by slaughter on the earth. I'be shark, the pike, murders, under water, and the mole under ground. And man— reasonably man !—wages interminable and merciless war on them all! and on himself! Every being that breathes, seems to be his destined prey, and every particle ofelay that composes this wicked w orld, appears deeply steeped in the blood of his victims. His highest sport is the death of innocent and unoffending beings; and even his meal is tasteless unless it savor of blood. Yet it is not alone all this, that weighs most heavily upon him. His appetite for slaughter is not glutted with all these butcheries. Like the fa. bled monster, he preys on himself, and drinks, the current from his own veins. I have seen the father fight against son ; bro Jier against bro tlier, and the mother slain by the hand of her own offspring. Mothers have destroyed their children in the cradle, while the milk of their breasts was yet in them ; and children have rai sed their hands against the parent, whose limbs trembled with the palsy of age, and whose “ head blossomed like the almond.” There is nothing. in the wide world, but continual and unfeeling war! The old man, trembling on the very verge of the grave—who turns to bid a last farewell, to the friend of seventy years, quarrels with hint about the baubles which children play with. And I have seen the little urchin, just launched into time, also quarrel with the breast from, which it was drawing life. This spirit ofhostility seems to fill every bosom, and operate in all the departments of life. In the mighty man, it is lauded and laurelled on the field of victory; and in the humble one, it is punished on the gibbet. At one time, it is seen at the head of armies, stalking over thousands of the dead and dying— -8; at another,displayed in the terrible wringing of noses, and the pulling of hair! Among the votaries of honor it murders the friend in a duel; and among married people, it breaks out in logomachy, and the ringing of cups and sau cers ! And, were it not, that I myself, am reckoned of that number, I could very well tell what old batchellors and moralists quarrel about. But that I may be spared for the further edification of my readers, and the good of the public gen erally, I shall be merciful to them all, for my own sake—which act of clemency I hope they will give me credit for. Capt. Dexter, of ihe schr. William, arrived last evening, states, that the markets at Port-au- Prince were very low, and overstocked, except the article of Lumber, which was in demand. Coffee was in market in considerable quantities* but the many purchasers, (particularly for the European market) kept the price up, and it could not be bought for less than 36 sols, which price was expected to continue for some time. Baltimore Telegraph, Juried, , NEW-TOEK, JUNE 3- Sailed} Yesterday afternoon, the elegant ship Martha, Sketchlev, for Liverpool, with the fol lowing passengers: mr. Thos. Woodhead, of Xew-york ; niessrs. Shuter, Scott, and Pattin son, of Montreal; mr. Capper, of Birmingham; mr. Longsdon, of Leeds; mr. Gray, of Liverpool; and niessrs Jones, Wilmot and Thompson, ot England. Also, ships Griswold, for Lon don ; Rebecca, Miner, New-orlcans ; l)cbby-&- Kli/a, Sprague, Rotterdam; U. S. brig Enter prize; brigs Eunice, Sterling, Charleston; M Pelham, Schuler, Lisbon ; Penelope, Doyle. St. Andrews; ship Telegraph, Sutton, Clmih'>- ton ; and several others. Passengers in the Cincinnati!*, for London : ntr. Philipps, the vocalist, lady and servant mr- George Waite, ami mr. Thorburn, of <**” c,t > : mr Hams, mi Blake, mr Hewlett, ami m’ M’Guflie, of laimlon, and 20 in the ataeraip* The elegant new altip .Rlapliania, capt ~“ r c sailed in the afternoon for Havre —John Aator, e*q. is a j*u#a*’iiger in her.