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T/IURSDA Y JULY 2, 1S2!)
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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!
