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About The Argus. (Savannah, Ga.) 1828-1829 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1829)
■ ■ .As. 1- '.©>'33% T/IURSDA Y JULY 2, 1S2!) fry j'o Cam spond cuts. —Viatou shall hava a i>A our next. PUBLIC meeting.® Agreeably to a request lsrre and respectable numler o; the lovers of brandy, gin, whiskey, and Boston particular, a3- semrlded at the Buzzard Ileost, on Monday evening Just., for the purpose of devimng ways and means •of-counteracting tho influence of the Temperance , Society, and of pro serving unimpaired and unim pcschcd the rights, customs, and immunities of grog drinkers, punch drinkers, the takers of rrnti fogmatics, juleps, and other combustibles, and of setting limits to the alarming encroachments which have lately been attempted. On motion of Mr. Swigwell, Mr. Reelabout was Called to tb.c chair, and Nippeak-in appointed se - eretary. Mr Itedface roso to explain •tho objects of tho meeting. From time ‘immemorial, said he, have •the good people cf this community enjoyed tho valuable privilege of getting gloriously drunk on every meet and - fitting occasion, without let or hindrance; it is a right, Mr. Chairman, secured t> us hy the Constitution. Will tho respectable gent lon e a who compose this meeting, tamely submit to its. being wrested from them—l trust rio.i. What would our. liberty be worth, without it? It would be a name, sir, a mockery. Yet for / this very purpose, sir, have wo already seen alarm ing preparations made. Nay, sir, a strong force is already organized to put us down. What then remains for us to do? Shall we submit tamely, and have cold water poured down oar throats, to the manifest injury of our corporations? But I hope, Mr. Chairman, that we shall all be united in this matter, and determine to take a decided stand in defence of our privileges. Mr. Thirsty said he looked upon it as a very ocrious matter. What, said he,-will gentlemen undertake to depi'ive us'of thejjrivHpge of taking moderate refreshment 5 Ilow will they .expect. -I*3 to keep cool tnis hot weather. Nut, sir. that I anc any advocate for drunkenness. No sir, I scorn drunkenness—l am a very temperate man, sir—l drink immoderation, in gseat moderation,sir —but •wasU they deprive me of the benefit of a light draught in the morning, just to take the phlegm ‘from my stomach? lam a temperate man, sir, very temperate—l scarcely ever exceed two or three drinks before dressing—l drink in modera tion, great moderation, sir—snd then, sir, will -fchey.cay that I shant take an anti-fogma’ic after walking to the market. lam a wary temperate man, sir, I scarcely ever take mote-than two or three drinks before I return-from market.; (unless I meet with a friend,er uncommonly good liquor.) just for the benefit-$1 my stomach. No, sir. I drink in moderation, in great moderation, sir —- And then a glass or two of bitters before break fast, to give me an appetito. No, sir, lam a tem perate man, a .very temperate man, sir—l abhor drunkenness: I attend to my business; & if I take a settler after my Coffee, a cooler at nine, a brcccr et ten. a izheUtr at and two- or-three stij*. criers during the forenoon, an my ray require, who has a right tc'Complain? Yet, vir, I drmk in moderation, in great moderation, nir; and what right hava the temperance folks to -fierce their cdld-water down my throat? Mv very Ijo.vcls, jsit ‘mutiny at the proposal. [Koro >ir. lhirstv put his hand to his pocked, pulled out a -frisk, which might hjld about t pint., and throw olf the contents, by way es a composer —in’ great moderation however— <*t a single dra tg it. But ilie tliread ot his discourse was broken by this na cc sr.ry exercise, anti Mr.'Holdfast*oLt&tined tho floor ] Si:,ttai3'Mr.'ll .l agree with the •gentleman v?r.o has just preceded me. I shall always set my Jure against hard drinking. Yet, said a sma l Jtdo will not hurt any man; and I humbly con ceive that those peo-o-ph*, who are endeavoring to introduce the cold water system, w ill meet with but little success, in their measures of pretended reformation. No, sir, the extraordinary sewn cn ovee which you, sir, have shown us Lhis-cvening; and the extraordinary countenance which Mr. R* Ihicc has shown us; and which my friend, who was just on the fiaor n lias shown us, will encourago us to persist in oirr rights. Here Mr. Drinkitall rescind introduced of spirited -resolutions, which were supported in a stimulating speccb. After being seconded, they v. ere earned by acclamation. A constitution of a society was then introduced, and signed by several respectable gentlemen, who w. still capable of writing their natiic-s, and the secretary was requested to call 1 tbe ether indi viduals presont, early the next morning for their signatures. >Wc have been promised a copy of this instrument Jar publication at an early day. ren Tnt savannah MF.r.craY. ZHr. F.dtiur. —Ail individual under the srgnaturo (ff S&rfitus, in your paper of >v e-dnesday last. Ins appropriated to himself the lions r of opposing t he Infant School -cy stem. If ho has been at the pains of reading his piece in print, ho v Til no doubt also havo read To an adjoining column, tho cct)b --nervations on tlic utility of this institution, which will make it unnecessary for mo to add much in its-defemc at this time. The comparison of an intellect derived from God, to the action given by a human l>e‘cg, to inanimate matter, ie wrong. And if brutes fav.-be taught certain tricks, tliry -nvc not .ike iiifents-an innate principle capable improvement to any indefinite extent, by cx - .creiso instruction in the arts and sciences Vaing may “become a brute, but a brute ‘•Hit sever become a reasonable being. In regard . to the remarks ot SertUus, that the discipline of -be Infant School will have a tendency to cool <-o,vu m>qhuman passions to an alarming degree, ‘ nd render mankind too spiritless, too uni xzengs* Jul, I evill merely observe, that as the Son of God has taught us the meekness to pray fi>r our ene mies, and bless them that curse up, the society in this particular, needs not a,human advocate. An institution, whose pbjactg .arc ta important, and > wtiieh pr.-.p.iScs if’- r-‘"mviiiiisii inoij means so ntimatcly connected with all 01117 best synipa-j thics, cmrht r.t lca-t to be viewed with .candor and ! e *■ .‘i indulgence. It ought not so be .condemned until reason or experience sha-H have proved its schemes visionary and futile. Even although it may not ! accomplish all which it may aim at. yet if it have any influence in softening down the afpovlrlcs of human nature, repressing the violent cbulitiqns of passion, and promoting (he exorcise of good feci ing,*t3 labors will pot be yak. LIBRA. COMMUNICATED. Low Johns ) v%. ! In the Court of Admiralty. Hopkins 4- Robbins. S This case was argued a few days ago before the District Judge, and from its novelty, and the im_ pertant points of law discussed, it was .a case of considerable interest. The four persons above named wore owners, or alleged owners of equal proportions, in a valuable Tilot Boat of this city, called “ The and the petition was filed by r Low & Johns to dissolve the concern, and to have the property sold at auc -tin, whereby each party Gould have their several quotas of the proceeds. Tho petition, among oth er matters, alleged, that the petitioners were kept out of possession, and were not permitted to iiavo tbit control over the navigation and Wits of the vessel, to which they were entitled as owners and partners. But the principal point for the de cision of the Court, was, as we areupformed, the power of the Judge to order a sale. It was deni ed that such power was vested in the Admiralty ; and to establish that doctrine, a very elaborate ar gument was submitted by one of the.Proetors of tiie defendants. 011 -ilw other.side, it wqis conten ded that tha Admiralty possessed tiro power, on the application of a majority of the owner or ow ners, of equal zuluc in interest. A similar case was adverted to, recently decided in tho Circuit Court of Pennsylvania, by Judge Washington,recognizing the .power of tho Admi ralty te seU. The has postponed the -delivery of bis jqgmentto the District Court of August, when we shall be able to give a full report of the case Messrs. T. U. P. Charlton and M. 11. M’Alis ter, were employed for the petitioners, and Mes srs. Nicoll and D’Lyon for the defejidan^s Fire —Lastevening about half past.aix o'clock, says the United States Gazette of the.A'Oth ujt., a fire broke out in the back part of a distillery, si tuated in Shippen street above second. It soon extended to Dr. Klapp's stables, which we learn were destroyed; a cooper s -shop next was burnt, following which was one of Mr. Moljere’s ice hou ses, on George street, this we believe was almost entirely burnt down. The .rear of a large block of dwelling houses on Shippen were greatly in jured, ami a part of the roofs of two or three ‘^ cs t-royed. The distillery was also burned _ We regret to learn that an active fire 1 13 wns very m..cl, hurt by Idling front t 0 of a ladd which was broken unicr ,K lln b tho . fall of a , sign from the front ofMhe .lieUHcry. Several fra™ bln- ‘ wo learn, were destroyed, btt„ .he crmy and ~y,.s so a3 , 0 prcvc . u our<lb taining particulars. New York,Tmvf/JR. ‘Xjcfte&i from Mexico. — By the ship Des df’mona, v.Lit:h arrived yesterday - from CampQPoby, we learn that on the day she sailed, (28th of May,) a bout rowed rdoug- the men of which informed Captain Nagle, that they had come from n cun-boat just arrived from Vera Cruz. Tbe Capt of the gun-boat informed them that infor mation had reached Vera Cruz from the. Capital, that an .ordinance had been passed by Coneress suspending the operation of the laic for -the expulsion of the Spaniard and permitting those : sti}| iu the country to reruHKi Vkn 1 gun-fcorit had broujrlit SBO,- 000 or $40,000 for lbe .payment of Ihe troops, who were very *uch distressed for want of money. We also learn by the same arrival, that the bands of robbers between Vera Cruz and Mexico had greatly increased. They generally went in companies of BO to 50 men each, well armed, and all mounted.— Several persons had lately been n-bbed, and •some killed. A merchant arrived at Cam pea-dry and others in company, bad been nibbed b-y a gang of 40 or 50 .men, and narrowly escaped with their lives.* - Morgan Affair. —The Rochester f N. Y.) Daily advertiser of the 15th Instant, says : - the Grand J jry of ‘Genncsseo coun ty we learn, last week indicted fotir persons of -Batavia for an alleged participation in the Morgan business. Eli Bruce was tak en from Can a -ml ; i gu r jail on a habeas cor— one, and called as a witness before this C ll nn h J ury. But he refused to testify any further, and was immediately sent back to Canandaigua. The persons indicted are William R. Thomson, NathanTuile.f, Se ave r, an and Va w c r-s There was a heavy run upon the Far mers and Mechanics Bank in Pawtucket, | on Monday, occasioned by the excitement | arising from the failure of one of the most px'erisive maimfiicturing concerns iu that' 1 quarter. The banking room was crowded with persons holding from one dollar and upwards, and demanding specie We take great pleasure in saying the demands were , promptly and fully met to the uttermost iartbiruz, leaving the resources of the ‘Bank unquestioned and allaying the popular ex citement. There is not the slightest doubt ot this Bank, and its capacity to meet its engagements.— Providcrtcc American. General jail delivery , without warrant of Law. —ln the Troy Republican, of 1 uesduy, Ifi inst. We find the following statement: The prisoners in our jwl who had ken convicted at thn present sitting of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivciy, and at-ilm late Rlay term of the ! Court of General bessuaps of dig Feaco jof offences which subjeetetl them to pun* I sbeflt in the State Prison proceeded on Thu rod ay night last, to make a general jail delivery, more to their own satisfaction than was prescribed in the statutes, in such case made and provided. By prying off the rim of the padlocks, they were able to throw back tho -bolts, end thus they opened tho d-o-ors of their room*, and the doot s?b;cii lends i< tho passage to the necessary.— ; Hero they cut cut a piece of tho plank of the flooring, and let themselves through the hade, to the yard beneath, a height of ten or fifteen feet. Those who descended first were supported by a blanket or bedliek, held by their fellows above, and they pro bably sustained >no injury; but tlt two last who descended, were su bruii-od in thcfail, as to be unable to pscape They were tajteu and re-committed to prison, the next morning, and since .that time, three others have been retaken. The principal rogues have doubfiess qtade good their escape. Tdie whole number which breko out of jail, (-ill convicts fur the state piison) ws nine. It is supposed that the new jail was a i-secure place of confinement, and so it un doubtedly is But it seems that for some reason or oihor, the close doors of the pri son rooms were not shut and fastened. — /’his dcglect afforded the ciflprits hr oppor tunity to work at the padlocks.-through the grated do* rs, and thus effect their escape. The occasion was such as ought to have excited the’ keepers of the jail to the great vigilance. An unusual number of con victs was then in the jail, in daily expecta lion of being transported to tjie State pri son, and some of them of desperate charac ter, If some of the more dangerous crim inals had not manacled, they ought all t*> have confined to their rooms, -with every bolt •cur-ned upon ithein. From tho Loud. Now Monthly Magazine for May. CONVENT OF ST. BERNARD, Wiiile th.e lovers of works of fiction are perusing se-ries of romances, called “ Tales of the great St. ‘Bernard, 5 ’ the fol lowing -narration, connected with the mon astery, will be more than usually interest ing, as tending to illustrate the labors of tbe novelist : “It was a winter's evening, and live mountains on each side were entirely ccy ered with scow,on which tho last sunbeams had long since faded, when we crossed the Rhone by a bridge that conducted to a small and neat aubergeon the opposite side. Most welcome was the fire that cheerfully in live ungrated chimney % around which a small group was, already gathered. One ol ‘the strangers,a yoto,g gentjofna*’ had just crossed the Alps ~n bis Lefu.ro honi It aly, and was deu tl ,*; U g the ils he had en counieied j lO route., while his coinpan lon, an , c;o elderly man, sal silent beside, 1 ,'.e fornver was a siudent from Cambridge, nr, Lis return from a twe Ivemonth’s residence in Italy. The of a continental tour on a youth who ib yet fresh from tlis banks of the Cam or the Isis, may be only con ceived by those who have the fortune to be thrown into his society on his way home The fulness ol’ information lie had acquired swam in his rather aquiline and prominent features, and flowed from his tongae in a most decided and ungwestion iUu tone.— Not a single point of science cr of taste was started on winch a single donut could bo eu trrtaio* and. lie had occasionally visited ;at Toilowa’s at Romo; but be .was a • me, a man cl ) cs.w. .lav., i&.oagx* ontex * t iiomcnts were handsome. Rome, in fact, was decid-edly the only place in Italy where good society was to be found ; at Naples it was more mixed and equivocal, as a residence u! six inouibs there had given him ample icason 0/ dkscovering, ©rdy two things, he declared, rendered the coun try a divine one to live in—the women and tho music. How he should ever sit quictl-y at an English opera again, he was at a loss Jo conceive ; it w.as; almost the only cawae us regret he .ft It in approaching his nativ-e shores again—the want of action, and that ardencand impassioned look ofi-titerost with vvhiclt an Italian singer generally accompa nied her strains* mn the women—the women of Venice ajnd RomoJ Here iiii grey eyes gleamed with delight, and his chin, not of the bluntesx .-eleva ted. All the time he spoke, -he *t<md with bts back turned to the fire, of which he 00 cupied rather n larger portion than the wants of die company could well afford. But his hand did not wave, nor did any change jof position or ol tone discover that the speak er was deeply interested in his subject.— T 1 iis would have been to commit his Eng lish immobility; the pride which so many! of our-younger countrymen feel in speaking of thej n&ost delicious and moving things; abroad with perfect apathy ; an accent nei- I tiler raised nor diminished; a look ;that ; seems te say—these things arc certainly ! worth notice, bat.not io testify .any ~ecno- j lion abo-U-t. “'i3cside hitn stood & monk of St. ard, who was on his annual tour to receive the subscriptions of all the respectable do- ; habitants of the country to hi useful -and > excellent monastery. He was “rather a! young man, with a dark completion, a large, j eKjiressive and rather sinister eye, and a; good natured and somewhat rustic counte-; nance. Hr g,i2ed on the college orator with some surprise, as he listened to bis fluent j and -conceited discourse ; for from the con- , ■etant visits if English travellers to his -coo- 1 vent in summer, be understood something of the language. Supper wag ut last -an nounced, to tlie great joy and relief- of the party; and all difference of sentiment, as * well as national prejudice, was suppressed l in the indulgence of the calls of hunger. As soon us these were in some measure sat isfied, the traveled youth began a descrip tion of the p.atb he had just passed through, the mountain -snow's, tho appearance of the unfathomable precipices, and to ridicule die fears so generally entertained of crossing them during the winter, when he was eot short by the young monk xylm only obser ved, in a simple mud tranquil voice, that the English traveller*was speak:ng of things that he was very htt-le acquainted .with. The latter instantly turned a contemptuous look <>u the intruder, and lus sharpened nose and chin suddenly reddened with anger, that a man of so humble an appearance should call in question his assertions. Tire priest observed that be bad lived fifteen years at St. Bernard, whero eight rod a tha of winter in die year -ro always txpciicn a, anr tha*. he could not fail of trpftig well ncq ruin ed with its ffloc f s. e were all atuuition ; and she father, though bis aspect and ligur loudly allowed smii a title, yet, not a l‘t;!e llaUered at tho silence bis remarks occa sioned, proceeded to detail some remarka ble circjuins'niipes that bad occurred during his long sojourp in so inclement tut ab.de. It wasduting the last winter that two Ital ians, whose hom.e was io tiie valley of A ost, | beneath, were on their passage over the mountain. It was already drawing towards the evening when they arrived, and after resting and taking some refreshment, they reserved to proceed. It was represented that the appearance of the sky predicted heavy falls of snow during the night; that tbe wind had now risen, ami had set in vi olently m the very face of the path they were to take. *1 wa-a in vain to endeavor to restrain their departure; they had been absent.many y-£>)!S from their families, they said, h<‘ vin g travelled as merchants about France arid <Qerm.my, and # vycre now quite impaimiß to return to their native valley. Tho Jast benefit the kind monks could be stoWj was togivje them two of tbe expeiitn cod guides i>f the couyeiif, to accompany them through the most perilous parts of the way. Thus assisted, they soon afterwards; set out. It became dark not long alter they quitted the convent, but as it is a continued and gradual descent of six hours to the ynl? 1 ley of A< s*, they had hoped to arrive at Iheif own homes in the course of the niiiht : for the distance seemed very s tk:!I compa red with the journeys they hud already tra velled. The snow storm began about an’ hour after their departure, and the wind blew with fury; it was scarcely possible t<b make head against it, and the gaud ph'csts felt the worst apprehensions for tho safety of the unfortunate Italians, yet they had greateoivfidence.in tho fcipcrirnce of the two guides of the convent. They had ad- Viurced, it afterwards appeared, some dis tance on the wuy to thr native valley, be ing rc>mlviu, il possible, to arrive there at the ris*U of their Ivves, when their course wm* arrested i'a a moment by tho fall of an dValancho., which no skill or foresight-could , guard against, and the whole party ivas bu-.j t ied many fathoms deep,iu t-ke snow. The’ description of the peasant in “ The Sea sons, 1 ’ perishing, at the time the warm*! thoughts of his home and family, not far; distant, rnrue on his mind, might be said to ; beTaithfully paralleled here. A few leagues farther progress, and th.e coßages ol these hapless -adventurers would have teceived thesi, and the joyful sounds of welcome been heard, after so long an absence, in a warmer climate too, and under a more ge uial sky ; for there cannot be a more stri- j king change of atmosphere than is fxiund in a few hours from tho heights of St, Ber nard to-the warm valleys us Piedmont be low, When the morning came, however, and no tidings were received of the fate of tbe travellers, and the guides never-reiurn | ed, the fathers gave t-hem upfordoet. Tire [ spot where they perished was not known till the hist surname, when the melting of the snow* as the season advanced* discovered 1 tlie bodies at the foot of a srnaji .eminetite, in the various positions in which they had perished. They were not in a state of de- J cay, having been preserved from corrupt tion by the snows amidst which they had lain; and they were-brought to the ce.ne- or rather &bo morgue, as it is culled, ol i-he mouastcry* T his is a very extraor dinary pla-c-? 5 and pr.eseKta a rather startling spectacle to a visitor who 13 uaeware, per haps of the objects he is nhuut to see. It is a gloomy and long apartment, into which you gaze through a small window, or if cu riosity goes so far, yeu may entet, and move amidst the dead, who are placed in various positions. Some stand upright against the xvaM, otltcis in * reclining position; s ■ne j are recumbent on the floor; the bodies are ail, more or less, in * good state es proser vutum, from their beinsg haid&ned by the excessive cold to w Inch they have been ex posed This & the case with those who are discovered amidst tho depths of the snow-soon after death, as well as with the remains of others, who have lain fru2en and congealed for days, and even weeks, be-"* neath avalanches and snow-wreaths, whence it is impossible for some time to extricate them. In this singular receptacle are the bodies of travellers of both sexes, and of va rious /nations, some of a period as remote as a hundred years ago ; and -the f • tures often present the differem emotions under, which they died,-of agf*nv, despair, and! heart-rending sorrow. The jiw having, ■fallen, in most instances, and the teeth be ingltigbtkrily visible, as well as the mouth* drawn up by tho nature of their death, give to many of these groups an appalling as pect. The skin becomes perfectly brown and hard, “ though w hem these victims of winter,” the monk continued, “ are drawn forth from the snows, the color is as fresh on the cheeh as in lh l e, and continues so for some days ” Here, amid the ( ther ton ants of tbe tomb, are a fe w of the brave and 1 skilful guides, who iyive peiished in their efforts to extricate the helpless traveller— 1 tlno-e is no driving or self-devotion of vvhicbj these men are not capable, No tempest,, or fa. Biog avalanche, or snow-storm, deters them from advancing on the track of their faithful and sagacious dogs.. Often they ares ! summoned forth amidst tho darkness of the night ; and equipped with long poles and lanterns, they traverse the fearful wilds a r.uund the convent, when every beaten oath is buried from the view. Often it happens that the guide takes a course he thinks the most probable to succeed in his object— when the dogs pursue a directly contrary direction, being led, even at a distance, partiv by instinct, and by the exquisite keenness of their smell, with which they trace to the spot where a traveller has fall en. Tho guide* instantly abandon their own course, on perceiving this, and fidfbw that of their dog, that soon anive* at the fa tal place and generally succeeds in draw ing forth the victim Two only of these valuable animals now survive, the others having been lost t\vo or three years since by the fall of an Vie goid/’S wno u;ur, r f* t . n nr vote their i*, w * *o bewt.dered traveller, are ‘ * ° U( ” ‘".mastery, and o„lv rr s i ( j c . * % 7 U S I} \ G w 'nter. They ale hardy n . ..' N bom tin* hdl s ;, 11{ j v levs, the ‘’ !i; * :i)e Italian frontier, who luavothefi ( ', St ‘ utd families during il l(; im lenie* ‘ o give ils fir services to ih c * n i‘ l[ bu thought the gratuity >ei vices could not well be too dons not exceed three lou;s-ci „ r fi , *, 14 ,1 son . to ; acl * S uido - T]u 'y ar ° well ur!*:’ ned, of course, in the emuvent uni t 9 themselves in readiness to sdW moments cal!, by night or day. “ ° UI * ix Asa contrast to these gbumiv •.* 1 crous eharaejer. Qn a very sharp ( j . whep the weather 1,1?’. i!y teco.-no decide.|!y wintry, party arrived at the convent, cor; “ two ladies, still voting, and two Some years since, it might have a little indecorous, and our 0 * well as mothers, .would have eocoile^•? horror at the idea qfyoiing ladies irai e u-* about Euro'oe, alone and intlpptndcnt ♦rntja protector, all helpless mid less; but ip these wandet’rog and civ rous days, it is a thing of irrqu tiiu OCr ' il ‘ rence, ana indeed attracts liido notice wonder. Qn one -occasion, there wp group of five ladies, ail travelling *t o{ , in peifeet .harmony, bo.h of u? aiper taste—-a very singular circumstance ; thVir ages, too, were different; two or three .vo i8 a Juaie stricken in years, the rest wtrasoni#. tv hat younger and more attractive; but j enjoyed a pet feet -freedom from the b * t caprices of tirat creature, min. f i(it j ing the power of their freedom, nnd res fi. f ed to enjoy it io the utmost, they waruie-- ed over moentaiw apd valley, snowy height at.d dreary wild, as their fancy or taste dh rectetl them. At this time they were left entirely to their own resources fur ment, being imprisoned in a narrow valley at an uuberge, b” several days excessive rain. It is a pleasing sjmctticle, however to see the weaker sex so enterprising i,rl able to defy the elements,, without the aid of ike stronger; but it will so*ietiiues biirj its inconveniencies. The suiall party that arrived towards evening at St. Bernard’* were chilled and penetrated with the cold * a large fire was presently kindled in the la dies* apartment, to which they were con* dueled bv the female domestic, wlioresides at the monastery during the fine saso4),cip pressly to attend the fairer port-ion of the travellers who arrive, dulled with the keen mountain ar, to which Jhe y had been exposed some hours, they requested some slight refreshment jus an antidote. Oncof the good fathers, whose stomach a* well ai head had been so st-oeled by the sharp win ters of many a year, as to render such abe .harmless, and uo doubt cordial, an* fort'M.na.ndy brought a bottle of tan de • rr’ac, as tiie best remedy ho was acquainted with, Tho fair travellers, all unsuspicious* drank freely of the ardent aad ai)imatiti| spii it, and -b it inrUnt re-iief i'ram tho sever* ities of the weather. But the hour for din* nei having arrived, and the guests having been summoned in vain, the repast wnsde* ferred a while in compliment ; when at last the attendant resolved to enter their apart ment, and found each travtiler in a happy state of forgetfulness, extended on thefioi% insensible io the storm without, or the weP come eomfoits within the dw/dling. Suck had been the effect of tho .periinus draught, as to prostrate each fair wanderer on th* iloor, beside the fire .that threw its un-felt beams on their recumbent figures, e-iohia the attitude in which naiure -had yielded ta -ihc ‘iuduence of the p-co-r cordial, who was greatly shocked when ho under* stood the effects ui fria benevolence, as well as surprised, it -being suctfi as he had never felt the slightest tendency to. Few conditions of life can bo ffipro drea ry than that of tho fathers of St, Benuiti, A pitiless winder of eight months in the year, and the scene that stretches around their abode very confined, having little of the grandeur of most A ’ views in ■ elevated u site The mountains, constant!/ covered with snow, rise near the convert* not a shrub, tree, cr blade of verdure ista be seen; there are two or three small lake! not far from the walls, which are covered with ice nearly the whale year. The mu* nonotny of Uieir life is certainly broken tj the incessant arrival of visitors of all ns tions, and .this scarcely ceases during tf o most severe inclement weather. They in dulge atfiimes in a little relaxation froni th strictness of the hospice : music is intV’* uC -’ ed; and when the monastery has possessed* large party, with several ladies within f* walls, a kind of bail has been actually gd up, and permitted by the superior, nuroh t? the amusement and enjoyment of the oi#- tury fathers. On one occasion, said iy* communicative yourg monk, bis uarralive. a female traveller found gravo in our neighborhood* even fc? u middle of summer. She came to the astery uloihp, ami without any attendant respectably dressed, and remained Tl ‘ er some days. She had been unfbrtunaN’i they thought, and her edsforiuoes app® a^ e to have made an unhappy inroad oU cf mind, as she frequently quitted the dwe. tng to take solitary walks* and was absent so hours. Qne day, however, when the er was remai ka,ble fine and warm, she I,r . wandered forth, and it drew towards* eve^ ing without her return: one of the * at fearingshe might have lost her way* in pursuit uid found tiie UDforftiii3f e * man reciined at the foot ol a prectp 1 j where she had remained prebahl) s( ' v ! c hours,, frozen to death. She had sal t* most likely unconscious of danger a bandoned to her own thoughts, till tW } hud crept gradually over her fra me to produce insensibility. olI& or u came to enquire after her deß J. in^, ,- fe( ji:i claim her remains, which were the cemetery amidst tle number o. who had long tenanted it- , e .- The community of St. Bernard, *•- ido not like that of La Tcappe, vo ® pV a system of terror. They arc neftßeF rigornef’ .astTJ!
