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OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII.
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A<FcFI7ST A.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3.
The Chailestou Courier says:—The case of
the Slate vs. Wiliam Luten Sims, tor the mur
der ol a slav<, was tried on Tuesday last, before
his Honor Judge Richardson, in the Court ot
Sessions, lor this District, resulted in the ac
quittal of the Defendant. For the State, H.
Bailey, E-q., Attorney General; lor the the de
fence, J. M. Walker, Esq-
Feveb at Jf.ffebson CoLi.Eos.-The Natchez
Courier of Oct. 23, says—“riy boats up vester
day, we learn that the yellow fever has broken
ont in Jeff-rson College, 60 miles above New
Orleans, and that there had been five deaths in
the College. Studies had ceased.”
We learn from the Richmond Daily Whig, of
Tuesday, that a large and enthusiastic meeting
was held in that city- on Saturday evening last,
for the purpose of organizing a Central Clay
Club. A committee was appointed to frame
and report a Constitution for the Club, and
nominate officers. Their report, which, among
other things, unanimously recommended Ben
jamin Watkins Leigh as President, was receiv
ed with thunders of applause. It was an annun
ciation imparling thiillin.' delighttoall Whig
hearts. W ith such a leader —so able—so true
st! worthy if trust —all saw in it the augury of
viptory.
The Presidents of all the Clay Clubs in the
State weie appointed Vice-Presidents of the
Central Club.
33rTbe Ameiican Almanac and repository o‘
useful knowledge for 1844, has been laid on our ■
table by Messr--. Grenville & Co. The present
volume is the fifteenth from the commencement
of the work, and t ufty sustain the high r pu t
tion it lor.g-ince required.
£j* i'he Boston p pers announce the death of
Allen Bradford L. L. D. in the 73th year of his -
age. Mr. Bradford was a lineal and won y '
descendant of the Pilgrims, had been so- in...
years Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mas ~
chusetts, and was ever rea ly to lend his han I t
anything that might advance the con lition an.. ■
happiness of his fellow men
Arrival op Audubon.—Tiie st. Louis Ga
zette ol the 20th says, Mr. Audu -on with his
party arrived in the city last evening, in good
health and spirits, an I brings with him a rich
harvest of his labor and industry. We leain
that he has made several discoveries of birds
and plants, and has brought along with him a
variety of curiosities. Another year, Mr. A.
proposes to erxen I his trip into the mountains.
This year his trip wasonly up the Missouri and
Yellow B fone, and the r gion about them, to
some distance above Fort Union, above the
mouth of the Yellow Stone.
Health op New Orlians.—The following
i„, 4Sfb.e rqpott ol the_ £Lhari£jr_Ho*piusl lor the, 24.
'houPs'cndffig'at6 o’cloik on Saturday evening:
Admitted 13
of yellow lever 4
Discharged 8
of yellow fever, 4
Deaths 4
of yellow fever, 3
Wheat.—One million of bushels is thought
to be moderate estimate for the heat that will
be exported from Wisconsin, the product of the
prop just harvested.
3pj*Dr. Hawkes,ol New York, has accepted
the pastoral chargeofa chur hat Holly Springs,
Miss.
Jj-The receipts of the Fair of the American
Institute in New York, thus far, are $10,00(1. A
pretty good sum.
a~>The Governor of Virginia has ordered an
election lobe held on the 20: It of Nove ..bernext,
in the Norfolk District, to fill the vacancy in
the State Senate, occasioned by the resignation
ot Col. Ja . es H. L.inghorne.
Important Decheu.— ihe Mexican Consul
in this city has promulgated the following very
important deetee, which has just been forwarded
by his government. It cuts ofl'a very luciative
commerce which some ot our traders have been
doing with Santa Fe:
The following decree has been received at
the Consulate in this city:—
ministry cp finance.
His Excellency, the Provisional President ol
the Republic, lias rendered the following de
cree :
AHTONIO LOPEZ Dt: ST. anna.”
Art. 1. “Ateclosed without restriction to all
exterioi commerce, the frontier c istomhoUoes
ol 4'aos, in the department ot Ne.> Mexico, at
the Passe uel None, as well as at the Presidio
del None, in t.e department of Chihuahua.”
Art. 2 “ 1 his i.eclaratioti shall have effect
forty-live days altei its publication in the capital.
In consequence.” &c.
Nation..! Palace at Tacubyn, lie 7th Angus:,
1813.
(Signed) Lopez Antonio 'de Santa Anna.
(Signed) Isxac.os Trigkkus,
Ministei of Finance.
Persons engaged in commerce in this city will
please conloim totl.e disposi.ionof the Ibrvg ing
decree. 4. uE ARROGOIZ, Mexican Consul.
A’ O Tropic, 28 4 id!.
JIMF.NGoVF.s bu .e :ams.—A gentleman who
recently ciossea I. e toilroad bridge al Tro-, tn I
the trait: ol cats, informs us that a drov. u. . t-
Ue was crossing at the same time. The briitge
is dak exc.pt ;.t intervals, where there are
small openings to admit the light. As the d. y
was a light one, the sun shone through in stn.it
a manner as to make the dust opposite the o, en
ings appear like a Solid mass. 'The cattle semi
to think so, for as they approached the opemires
some would draw back, others stoop and | n-.
under the sun beams on tlieirknees, while ot ■ is
would gallantly leap over them. Among (..•
leap.trs was one very handsome white heifer,
which, undismayed by the number ol these ap
palling obstacles, 1 ped uverevery ot ein suc
cession, clearing them by several inches, The
passengers in the tiain wee Highly amused at
the occurrence, and obseived ot the whole drove,
but a very few found their mistake before they
approached the end of the bridge.—A”. True
Sun.
The Tomb or Chateaubriand.—Mr. Walsh,
in one of his letters to the National Intelligencer,
thus describes the tomb ofa man who is yet liv
in.r. Hesays:—Public attention is again drawn
to tbetombol the immortalauthor, the Viscount
de Uha'eaubriand, who yet lives near the Ob
servatory <n «o!erable health. He solicited, in
1828, from his biith place St. Malo, a grant ol
space for a grave in the isle ol Grand-Bey, near
that maritime town, 'i he good folks' of Si
Malo voted him ti’.p.cn I'cei bv ten on a point o
the islet, and 100 thou:-; nd '..lies for tt e t-*nil
cut m a solid nek, with . ero s ot granite«-r>".-
ed on a stone sk tear tong and three wi.'c.-
The iron ratlin* will not be placed until I.
mortal remains are deposited in the ro.-lc-
The placecan be visited only at 1..w tide ol th
ocean. Th* adjacent rucks are st -ep and huge:
the whole scene romantic to sublimity; the soli
tary cross is described far ar sea ; every d.nv, it
the summer, then is a com nurse ol rilgii
who pay homage ah.tgithermemcm—-it >wrt*
from the crevices aal pebbles t.om f.. t yet Ul ,
tenanted grave-area What man so worshipper
ia his lite time ?
From Abe Baltimore American.
, The N ext Cunokfss. — O/gatwam-um of h.
iinue— s-ome dim- ullj t-' Bppleiicoueu iut.,e o.
of lae House ol Reprssei.tati.es .
> asuingiun cy leas, n ol Ihe illeg. 1 inaiiaei i.
.v-aiel> severe! o.ao ■ iiaveeiecieollK ir.idegat
, uek.A ou lire silij it ol elec, ions io lue Hous.
,eel..res Illa, eae.'i oC,. reseuu.ill e snail *.e eleu
d uom a single disu ici; yet in the lace ol m.
ua tmem ihe ot..tts of New Hampsmre, ftl.
reui i, oeoigiu and Mississippi have each elet
.■d iicir sei era! delegations by G.ntruj. nckei.
Tiie.ect.n Ueno question as to me tiue vie
.. tins case. The elected claimants Hom No.
Hampshire, Missouri, Georgia and MissisSip
...ve no nine right to seats tn the next Coiign -
iiuti the suine ituun er of respectable gentleuii
aken from any County in M..rylahd would hai
to seats in the Legisfotuie of Virginia. Inei,
■s nut me shadow ol a rigid.
Vi hen the election Bin was passed by Con
gress it is well re.nembeKd Unit Mr. i yler, i
a strange forgetluiness ol ins offici. I du. ,and n
utter dis ard of all propriety, while he signed the
uill, accompanied Ins signature wuu ...s .v
c. id.u o.jec.iuusauu itouuis as to tile constiiu
uoualiiy ot .he measure. A most unhearu u,
loieediiig—<m act of weakness sufficient t.
■■liiuip imbecility upon any responsible offi iai.
Ciy tins conduct on the pail Ol the highest I,ffi c
ol Hie uuveiumeu., certain States nave been ei.
cuuiaged to trial the au.horiiy of the Hoven,
mem, with contempt; amt tuey nave according
ly uisicgarde l tn<» law ol Congress in this p«i
iicuiar wlncli the Ac concerning elections w..
designed to regulate.
ihe ground taken by these Stales—and it i
the same which weighed in the tender scruples u
Mr. Tyler’s mind when tie signM Hie but wu.
ills o factions — is that Congress had no rigid bj
die Constitution to direct tne Slates to disuic
tnemselves. The language ot the Constitution
will uttord an answer tremis .fdkgation—ihiisi
“ I‘ue times, places and Wanner ortiolding elec
tions lor Senators and Representatives shall lx
prescribed in each State by the Legislature
uiereol— but tne Congress may al any lime by lau
make or alter such regulations, except as to the
placesol choosing Senators,” It follow's plain
ly enough from inis provision that an act ol Con
gress prescribing the mode of electing represent
atives by single districts would as a matter ol
course do away witn any different system which
might exist in any Stale. Il is equally cfeai
that if any State should persist in adhering to the
General Ticket system, which is forbidden bj
me law ot Congress, the persons elected by' iha.
mode would not be entitled to seats in the
House.
How is it possible that such persons can be
admitted as members of the House? ihe cei
ttiicates which they may bring with them can
not attest uiat they were elected according to
law. Congress has declared that no one sh..n
sit as a me.uber ot the Hoti.seol Representative
unless he combs as lue representative ofa sin
gle district. This is an essential condition—as
mucn so as it is essential that tne claimant shall
have received a majority of voles in his dis
trict.
But the plea of unconstitutionality—what is
to be said ot that? We have quoted the lan
guage of the Constitution winch empowers
Congress lo make regulations as to the times.
I re >, and manner o> electing representatives.
1 ue power is so plainly conferred that there can
be .no doubt about it—nor is it disputed. 'Hi
.. ...re gio .ud of opposition to the law is fouin;-
. i oh .ue petty quibble tual Congress has m.
c .i.iu.ional power to make the Slates divide
... .reselves into districts, it must no. dic.are
..reiicular course of legislation to sovi-rre
-me—this is the idea ; and with tats sunt,
c nc.ption New Hanq.s.iire i.li.i net si re. .
c.lsums fill themselves tq. ami 10-. k as uignia..
,» possible.
N w the cas" is i.-ul a : .he State , <
-ih a, n..ve no r.gn . n ie. re enta.ives i.
U .tigress at alivA.c. . mine: .tie constitution
ami the laws ol Congress passed in accordance
llierewi.n. For me g.-ueiai GoVernu.ent was
created by die Constitution; it is a special, sep
arate existence inde;«n.tent of the states; it is
a Government in its oa n right, and as a maitei
ot course it nas fu.l power to say how its offi
cers and functionaries shall be chosen; what
their duties shall be, and in short to prescribe
such rules as to it shall seem fit for the propel
peifbrmance of its uses. The Constitution
does this in respect io fundamentals, and Con
gress has discretion to act lariher when necessa
ry, in accordance with the terms of me Cotisti
tu.ion Now ihe "- tales may be as sovereign
as they please in their paiticuiaF sphere—Lu.
here is ..noil.ei Government bey... diheu spi.e..
an i inelu.ling t.iein. i netr m Iginul s .ve.eigi,
ly gives l.'ieui no -ighi ..-iimcvei toimer.ere w.
inis other vi.i: ui i ■:; their only right is m
Hied Iron di" • i..oa-i.. >.i >;i. *ne cnmes, o
Hie pie . ul men m.nvm.ial sovereignly, m.v
a..sir. c ly n-> more right to seu.i repres. Motive
"> C ffiigT C then diey have to claim se..ts to"
:iei- i.ekgates in the British Parlianu nt i
then the Genetal Government prescribes fl.rn
ai cotding to wi.icli the mcmbeis of one brane,
of its Legislative council shall be chosen—an.
its consul utional right to do this no one can den
—it follows that toe States have no altemativ
but tn comply with such regulation or go un
represented. Ihe notion of a compulsory die
latioti on the part ol Con.ress towards the
Stales, commanding Ihem lo p iss laws lor sin
gle districts, commands nor compels. It mere
ly says that representatives shall be chosen in ;
particular way, an i until ihal act of authoi itv is
proved tube unconstitutional there is no roou
tor a single word of gain-aying. If the State.-
w ish to send re; iesi ntt.tives, all ihat they have
to no is to elect them according to the mode and
manner prescribed. It they have hitherto pre
scribed die mode and manner themselves it hat
been uy sufferance merely. Os themselves am
in thetaselves, apart from the Constitution, they
have no right to do so—no more thi n they have
to prescribe how delegates lo the Provincial As
sembly of Canada shall be ehosen.
It remains lo be seen how the House will act
when the claimants under the Genera) Ticke
system f election shall ask to he admitted as
member . ’There ought to be no doubt w hatevei
on the subject. Even if the single district claus.
sb- uld l e repealed, such repeal could not affec
elections held while the law was in force; i
could not give validity to eleclions held contra
ry to the law. The political party which will
have a majority in the House may wish to re
cognise the illegal claims ol applicants of theii
own political faidi—but we hope that the au
thority of the law, the dignity of the House,
self-respect and codsistency will present consid
erations too potent to be overborne by any
thoughts of temporary partizan advantage.
Delicious Eating.—We have a friend who
has just returned from the country ot the Cam
manches. He speaks very feelingly ot several
delicious little spots about fifteen hundred miles
from any settlement. There is not a chip ol
wood the size ot a thumb nail on these sweet
tracts of paradise, and the man who can find a
buffalo bone to cook his dinner with, is looked
upon as being particularly favored by Provi
dence. The friend of wito u we speak lias been
indulging us with certain culinmy reminisccn
ces. He dwells with much enthusiasm on the
m-mmrof making egsm.p, which is as follows:
—ln the iir-t place tbed.-g must tie knocked in
t .ciiea.-., then th ow the anima) on the buffalo
bone fire and when the hair is all signed off, cm
him open, tear out his internal arrangements,
and prepare lor the grand pas. Take out your
bowie knife, cut the dog in small hunks and
pitch them all into the camp pot, then pour a
given quantity of waler on your mess and let it
gently simmer for about a quarter of an hour,
when it is declared lit for eating. We recom
med thisrecipeto Mrs. Childs, when she pub
lishes a new edition of her cooking book. This
interesting triend gave us some useful hints re
gau.in ; the taste of hofsemeat, and dwells with
'ericct rapture on a certain feast where he
wos regaled with mnZe s’eaks, and broiled chops
tom a toner dog.' All of which we respect
fully submit.—-V. O. Crescent City.
An Indian Preacher.—A Sim nole Indian
i a nephew of the celebrated chief Osceon, is
I creating quite an cxci'Ctnent at Little Rock, by ,
■ nar mine the inci fits of I.is I te, and delivering
| religious disc .urs .-. He must have pas.-ea
I t.irottgh this city, though we heard nothing of
him til; now. The Aikansas Gazette, speaking
ot him, >ajs:
On Sunday evening, at the Methodist Church,
he preached to a la. ge audience, some 3tHJ in
number, explaining tns miraculous conversion
to Christianity, and ihc adventures of his early
life. His manner was impressive, and lor his
opportunities—being yet only 19 years of age—
displayed an intimacy with the scriptures which
would pul to the blush many of our older citi
zens, who have been reared in a Christian land.
His narrative, especially some passages, was
.hrillinglv interesting, an t all his sen iments
showed ai. exalted amt noble nature. In many
things, we could wish to see l.im iimt tea l.y
older and mote celebrated divines of .he white
r ce. He tad led tne life d" a sailor ir an boy
hood, until a few ye.osagu, wt.efi lie wetil.olhe
u.»!' H ill les, uihi <>■ I- HH’u tuC t idlin'-ill U
e • m n English .-.uc.ition. He is now on I.is
-.aviolite Indian oentry, using every
:f t oconvert tils . wrir.ee tothe Christian
liet, and to instruct them in the precepts of
..e Bible. He is certainly an interesting cha
ncier, and we cannot but think is destined to ex
' rriw over bis people a harmonizing influence,
which will be felt hereafter in the white man's
intercourse with he wild tribes of the forest.
Monc.o ; —dwakds.—i hi* imTivi uni made
another attempt to escape a day or two sg-’, and
on being detected, he was severely punished.
.MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6.
.i_ir Alo iu.il norm ot Charleston la-t night.
Tennessee;-—The National Intelligencer
says: Tne inauguration ol Governor Jones, for
second term, took place at Nashville on Sat
urday week, in presence ol both Houses ot the
i.K- legislature. Pieviots to taking the oath
i utflee, the Governor addressed the General
ssemnly in a few extempore remarks pertin
.u to the occasion, reaffirming his opinions up
i -ime and National policy, and acknowle.lg
g his grateful sense of the obligations confer
d m his re-election by his fellow-citizens ol
Tennessee.
M.ssissippi.— Ihe election in Mississippi
•Kes p.ace to-morrow and lasts two daj's.
duere are three tickets in the field tor Governor,
,e regular wnig ticket, headed by George W.
layton— the regular lucolbcu repudation ticket
vith Albert G. Brown as the candidate; and the
.emocratic bond-paying ticket, represented by
•Ir. Williams. The prospect for the whigs is
aid to be fair. If Mr. \V illiams abstracts many
, icoloco votes from Broun, Mr. Clayton will cer
:inly be elected. The Legislature, which is
tiosen biennially, will have to elect a U. S
Senator from the 4th March 1845, when Mr.
lenderson’s term expires.
Mexico.—The schr, Virginia Antoinette ar
ived at New Orleans, cn Sunday last, from
Tampico, bringing $12,804 in specie,-, The
host important by this ar
rival is, that all the negociations with Yucatan
have been bn ught to a close, by the abrupt de
parture ol the commissioners, who had been un
able to co.ne to definite terms with the Mexican
government. _
Health of Mobile.—The Dailj’ Advertiser
of Tuesday says:—As we had anticipated, there
was a biting frost on Saturday morning, suc
ceeded by lighter ones on Sunday and yesterday
morning. According to well established usages
it is now perfectly safe for absentees and unac
climated persons to visit the city. Those who
nave been lingering in tl e vicinage, waiting this
auspicious moment, have already taken advan
ce of its advent, and are rushing in upon us
y hundreds daily. We give our citizens who
ave been absent, joy of their sale return, and
- xtend to new visitors a cordial welcome to the
ity. The only exaction we hav< to make ot
them is, that they shall do their utmost to requite
those who have remained at their post through
the dull summer months, for the hours of glo< m
and the scenes of sadness through which they
have passed. We anticipate, and not without
some assurances ol its realization, a season ci
hritt in business, nd ot high enjoyment in all
the social relations 41.
Thf.W- h k I '.e N. O. Tro ic <<f
•iy lust -ii.i t'ii y m "nine, ■
i : .11 •- g; . C vC! ) g ' ii> !
I ne < a iiei iiat>since be«.n ii»icleiir
>: : b .icing, i n i yesterday morning It.- again
.-isited us. Now that the gruff old man has
come, we can and do congratulate our citizens,
hat we are once more clear of that slinking, in
truding and disagreeable fellow, Yellow Jack,
whose visits are always dreaded, and whose
departure is a pleasure and a relief, especially
to those who have lately come amongst us. All
persons wishing to visit our goodly city, are
hereby notified that they may now come on as 1
fast as they' please, an I with our best wishes for
it> realiza ion of their anticipations, and all
ur abs. nt friends, we are sure, will gladly re
u n to 1..e Gueen of the South, where they wi.l
in I a welcome from old rriends and
.ic ;ua : iit..iic s.
The Whigs of New Y<u k axseniUed in their
rengih last evening at National Hall ; and
lever have we seen among them a better spirit,
.r one inure certain to lead to a great an.i tri
.uqi: v . y irrthe coming contest.
lie spire of IMO—breathing aincilialioii an I
arm.ny— and resolved to stand by our princi
les irrespective of men, except so far as they
represent those principles.
After this demonstration, there need be noap
rehelision in relation to the result of the coni
ng Contest. Two months ago, we were op
•osed to entering into a contest in this city lin
er the then aspect of affairs. But not so now.
i‘he whole complexion of things has changed,
'he triumphs in Tennessee, Georgia, Mary
land, Ohio, and even in benighted Pennsylvania,
.dried to the admirable spirit of conciliation
vinced at this immense assemblage of Whigs,
ave swept away all apprehensions of the re
ttll; and we now most cordially agree, that it
is not only right and proper under existing cir
cumstances, t go into the contest, but we have
undoubted confidence in our success.
With regard to the numbers present, we have
no means of judging. We only know, that the
<>om holds about three thousand•, and that we ;
lave reason to believe there were a sufficient
number compelled to leave who could not obtain
Emission, to have filled a room of three times
he size.— Cour, if- Enq. of Wednesday.
The Baltimore American of Thursday says;
The heaviest frost of this season was feltdiere
on Tuesday night. Its blighting effects were
plainly visible yesterday morning in the shriv
elled and blackened appearance olshrubbery
and vegetation. In various places thin ice was
formed.
Snow at Vicksburg, Mi’s. —We are inform
ed by the officers of the American Eagle, says
the N. O. Tropic of Monday last, that on the
27th inst., there was quite a fall of snow at ,
Vicksburg; and the captain ot the DeSokqsays,
that on the same day, there was snow at Wood
ville, Miss.
of the new Treasury notes intended
to -erve as a currency, have made their appear
ance in our market. ' They are in value of SSO,
bearing a nominal interest, transferable tr< in
band lo hand, receivable for all public dues, and
redeemable at the end of the year in specie.—A7 i
V. Amr.tican.
The Centrevill' (Queen Anne’s Co., Md.)
limes of Saturday no ices tin d"<ith of an aged
ieniale colored servant, the propertj" of Ju.tge
Earle, and adds—
On ihe occasion of the funeral, which took
place on the faim of Richard Earle, Esq. the
ceremony was attended by nearly all the male
mcmbeis ot the family, and the corpse borne by
Col. John Tilghman, Clerk of the county, Chs.
C. 1 ilghtnan, Pere Tilghman, Jas. T. Earle,
Richan; T. Earle and Samuel Earle, Esqs., with
as much attention to exterior show, and more of
real concern than .soften the acconipaniu.entot
those «ho have sustained a more elevated sta
tion in hie.
Mr. Ne I rec Pennsylvani .n, alt oligli
: k-featc . m ..*< iaw ele'-tioii for t.ou..res wtas ■
t o i.u. . ilowid :.is serenity to Lu- ..t.-.urtKd.
tie nisge : numoredly auveitstottie .es .it:
French paper tells of two children who
were carried off by a whirlwind in presence of
their parents: the whole country within the cir
cumference ot two leagues had been visited
withoutany news being beard of them.”
“Extraordinary flighty children these French,
children: but then we have a parallel to this in
the United States in regaid to political parties,
v. hich are in general heavier than French chil
dren. In New Jersey, for instance, the peril
Whig or Cmmiquc was carried oft by a whirl
wind the other day so far tuatit has not been
since heard of in any sort of circumference;
and we hud the felicity ourselves not long since
of bei' g blown up a considerable distance, as a
lesson in learning how to ‘ride the whirlw ind
an > direct the storm.’ The ‘ride,’ perha; s, was
well en nigh, but the‘tireci ion’ was notin all
respec s w eat it should have been. Theseae
lii.l steeds are not always so amenable to curb
an.l s fll ’as one mignt desire ”
. i Tree.—A party ot gentlemen trom the So-
■ tre n settle ents, a short time since, on their
; I w. v to tnis place, were short of provisions, and
t'o; inn-iit iy discovered two bears with their cubs.
i A fire w a's commenced it; on the youngest bran
i ches, and they were both wounded—but the old
, . nesas-istedthem off, rtmningby their sid s, and
stopping occasionally at P> ne trees, from whence
they were seen to tear off some bark. The pur,
’ suit was continued by the gentlemen, firing upon
’ ihe younger animals until they were killed, and
w hen examined it was found that thebarl icai in-
: s-’rio in/A' , u"ireM««'sby their careful inatna.s.
1 This is a true circumstance, and well worthy ot
uote. — St. Augustine Newi
AUGUSTA, GAf THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1843.
Connecticut.—A Loco Foco State Conven
- lion was held at Middletown last week for th<
purpose of nominating candidates for the fe ai
r offices. “Alter the nominations had been mace
r says the New Yolk Jouim 1 of Commerce, “.
- very exciting debate arose between the frien
r of Van Buren and those of Mr. Calbcun, wh <
i resulted in the expressim on the part of the
I Convention of its preference for Mr. Van Bu
■ ren over all other candidates tor the Presidency,
■ by a vote ot IGI to 69. ’
The Factorirs.—The Boston Postsays lha
! all the cotton factory stocks, and especially th<
Lowell, have advanced greatly in price withit
a few months, and are still rising. The cause,
i of this sudden advance—amounting to fiftv t e
■ cent, it remarks, are to be found in the opening
ot the China market, which sweptort -uipn.s
stocks, the low rate of wages paid the o; en
tices, and, withal, an unusually low price o
raw material.
A revolutionary sohder named James Justic
died at Cornersville, Indiana, on the 17th inst
aged 102 years.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 25th ult. sa}“
that the small pox has made its appearance in
t iai city.
A Clergyman MoBBED.—Rev. Abel Brown,
anti-slavery lecturer, was mobbed on theeyeik
ing of the 6th inst., at Ballston, N. ¥.‘ V"fi«*at*’
tefrlptlng tf'tgjeak tipSa
• Remarkable.—ln neither branch ot Con
gress will there be a member from Illinois who
was ever in Congress before. All are new mem
bers both in Senate and House.
The Unkindest cut of all ! —The Argus ot
this morning commences a notice ot Col. John ■
son’s arrival in Albany in the following terms:
“This scared Veteran arrived in this city early
on Monday morning, tro.n his northern tour
through Vermont and New Hampshire, in good
health and in fine spirits.
What has the Tecumseh-Killer done to the
Argus that he should be stigmatized asa'scareii”
veteran?— Albany Ere. Journal.
From the Hartford Courant.
“We all do l-'ade, as a Leaf-”
We find, on looking bacK aiO.mg our files,
that oui lire, lay -sermon from Ibis text was giv
en about the middle ot feepte.i.ber. The lapse
ol a month has wrought cnanges upon the uce
ol the earth, upon the colors ol the sky, and in
the chill and sombre meditations which creep
over one's spirits, at the approach of wimer.—
We have passed the central point ot autumn,
and “th” sere and yellow leal” has multiplied
infinitely. Decay is at its old work upon the
vegetable world, and one cannot look upon the
fading forest, without saddening premonitions,
not only ot the stealthy an<i silent approach oi
the wimer, by the regular change of the seasons,
but als< oi tne cnee: less aini desolate sensations
which tall upon tile spiriis, at the eally sighing
f Ihe wintry winds. Ihe season is lull of
..er, uiuugti .n so ..e sense, pleasant reflections.
. >■.. n .ve lived through the advance of autumn,
passed its turning point, and it is now on the re
treat. Ihe prevalent lone of feeling is of the
gloomy tinge. One of our own poets has said
of this season, “the melancholy days havs
come,
“The saddest of the year.”
-aoetiie loucties the mourmul string, by say
ing t.i. t the au uiiin “is going aw«.y like the
sound ol ueils. Ihe win., passes over the stiio
ule aiiu il aas nolli.ng to move. Only lie red
ueriKs vi mat situ ei .ree sttm t.- it tuey
would lain leu.iii: us oi souieimug ciue.lul—
aiiu t..e measured beat ul u.e .uies»ei" s 11 it calls
Up lue thoughi, that in the my ana lulling .ar
Ins much, 'iwurishmcn. aa„ If:.''
fead sights aie tnese uee..j ing leaves which
swept past us at eveiy bre.dn ol air. T hey tell
us ol a power at w uk sie uilj though silently
in lue outer woild, wlneo al uue time nips tne
Olid, at ano her willieis tne beautiful foliage ol
creation, a his laded and dying vegetable clo
thing is an eloquent emb.em ui the change
Which is s.e .ling Upon us ail, — .-illicit palsies
oui limbs, and scatters silvery hosts upon lue
head of age. We need irxse aniiiouiauiis.—
i uey bi-.i us remember man’s frailty, ana solid
us musing bacK over ihe record ol our past
years. We find drat a history e.itii an.ny
mourmul pages. Our old associations are uto
ken up. Death has seized upon our compan
ions. Familiar laces have passed away, and
nothing to which we have put our hands has
proved permanent. We look in vain tor the
circle ot our ctiilduood. Il is scattered to the
tour winds ol Heaven. Some have braved the
sea, and are seeking fortune among the people
who speak strange language, and know nut tae
custom ot civilized men. Some are stirreu by
the noise of battle, and have gone to the war.
Some are wandering up and down upon the
lace of the ea.rth, with no definite habitation,
and no desire for any. And some have gone
from tlie old sheltering home, of whom no sight
or tidings have ever come back, to gladden the
hearts of friends they left behind. Some are
sleeping, and we find but a simple story upon
the memorial friendship has raised al the place
of rest.
T hey have finished a journey which lias had
its weariness, and have at length laid nside their
burthens at the mouth of the grave. Our fa
thers are gone, and the prophets do not live for
ever. Tnese indeed are sad musings, and they
flock upon us like birds of passage, of different
colors, but a.il flying in the same direction. But
we are sure no one can go forth into the sur
rounding country at this season, away fro u the
rattling of pavements, without havingsuch sad
dening reflections tinge his view of every object
in the kingdom ot nature. Every thing is in
the same chapter. What he sees and hears are
the sights and sounds of autumn. They can
not be described; but they can be felt. And we
dare say, that with more or less power, thei
come to all. The brown stubble, the meadow
on which there is but little green, the fading for
est which has a variety of hues to be caught by
the painter’s eye, the scream of the jay, the dim
and hazy air, an d the shadows lengthened to
wards the East, all these and a thousand other
things which cannot be transferred, have the
coloring which one would know to be of the
autumn, were he now to awake from a slumber
ot twenty years. But let us not carry these
musings too tar. There are other considera
tions suggested by the season, which, however,
we must reserve tor another day.
A Good Story.—A good story is told of El
: der Ray, an eccentric travelling preacher in
! Oiiio.— I'he elder, in uis trav. Is, always rode
on horseback, and was remarkable fur having
the best piece of horse flesh in the neighborhood,
justly | ruling himself on his taste in this mat
ter. One day, while riding the round of his pa
rish, be was met by a lawyer, who accosted him
with, “Elder Ray, you ministers do not follow
tiie example of your master—he was content to
ride upon a jackass.” ihe Elder, with a ready
wit, replied—“ The fact Xis, the whole country
has been scoured tor jackasses to make law
yers of, so that there is not one left for us poor
ministers.” The knight ol the green bag “cut
dirt.”— Selected.
Late from Africa.—Captain Yarrington,
of the schooner I riumph, just arrived at New
York fiotn Sierra Leone, states that the day l>e
fore he left the port of Goree, it was reported
’ that the natives bad tisen on the French resi
, d-. nts at Senegal. Tn oof the French inhabit
! ants were killed ana forty of the natives. Three
' French men-of-war that were lying at Goree
i were immediately despatched to their assist
! ancc.—N’u'. Int.
The following notice of the political market
is taken from a Philadelphia German paper, and
is not far from correct in its quotations:
political exchange.
Democrats. Value. Whists. Value.
Van Buren, SO .erct. Henry Clay, 93 per ct.
Calhoun, 25 “ Mc_ane, ' 10 “
Lewis Cass, 25 “
R. M.Johnson 20 “
Buchanan, good, but no sale.
Tyler, counterfeit
Varmints.—A leirei tioui Jacksonville,
East Florida, dated O<t. 16th, says—“ The bears
and wolves in the neighborhood'of Black Creek,
are excessively depredatory this year; they have
destroyed a great many ot the 3000 cattle who
were quartered in that region ot which I wrote
von some time ago. Many panthers have als<
inade their appearance in the neighborhood.'
Tur. Learned Blacksmith.—The Broth;
Jonathan contains an article in relation to iht
remarkable man. The conclusion ot the wind
matter is, that his grert learning has neithe
produced him money nor fame. On the contrai v
after furnishing a religious periodical with lead
ers for many weeks, when he stopped his labor
not only was he not paid, but a bill was sent in
to him 'for the vety paper he had written inu.
notice.
“An action, thotigh honest, is not therefon
-rttly virtuous, unless it beoutol choice, am
with a good will.”— Cicero.
-Ir. ffeal’s Letters from Europe.
Correspondence of the Albany Eseninj. Journal.
NO. XXV.
)n Board Steamer London Msafo-Ai'T, J
August 27, IS-13. . J
Desirous of seeing more of thrilThmes, we
| ...on.ioii t.iis in ruing, direct torTtavre, in
•-..d nt lakingllie more frequenter routes by
Brighton or Southampton, and esteeffi^ou rselves
.urtuuate in having none so, for been
Jiding all day through still waters iffview of a
.elighifully cultivated country.. The Thames,
<nr the first thirty miles, is narrow abv! serpen
foe. At Woolwich, where the nt
cast Cannon and manufacture Engidifos, &c., the
o.ieis in view covered several aenur,and look
d like clusters of Irish cabins. AtS place in
ne river called the Long Reach, 1 ef’eted over
wo hundred sail of Merchantmen sat anchor
■vailing lor wind or tides. Farther down I saw
ne glorious stripes and stars displayed by a no
lle ship, but we were not near enough to make
■ut who she was. in the al'ternoonswe passed
lose to Margate and Ramsgate, twi» rival wa
ring places much frequented in tpe summer
.ninths by wealthy commoners and t-ades peo
le The shore, in front of each aiubi
ious towns, is lined with small dopfcitories on
> heels that are trundled out into tfepitirf, and
from winch the visitors enjoy a Near
Ramsgate, half a mile trom shore, fey her Ma
jesty s Ship of War the Lord tipi*', of 120
guns, riding peacefully and quietly ft anchor.
This floating Palace made a -raMßftxn.fieent
ippearance. Tligre was. not a ' r >
mu every thing on board the 4* emt-d as
liking hr this majeMic.sliip, ifn-
.DoupT, .r.-fisrr.'*. >iv'<
ifopi’lftr song of
“All in the Down*, (he Fleet was
When black-eyed Husan came cn boarA”
In their models the British Ships of the Line
are less beautiful than ours. They are “pot
bellied” in their construction. This is deemed
necessary on account of the immense weight ot
an.lament; while in our Ships the “line of
beauty ” is preserved, and though our guns are
farther from the water, 1 do not understand tha
the evils apprehended by the English have been
experienced.
Our superiority in ship building is as appa
rent in Foreign as in American ports. You
see vessels from all the commercial nations of
the Earth and of every form of construction, in
the Liverpool and London docks. But you took
in vain for those that compare, in grace and
beauty, with our own. The English and Eu
ropean ships, though admirable in many respects,
have palpable defects. There are many with
beautiful sterns, whose ugly bows amoum to de
formity. Others present tolerable bows witli
inch, awkward, toppling stems. Again you see
a goo.i hull, ihe etlect of which is spoiled by dis
proporlioiKd masts. And in lheir more ambi
tious and successful efforts, there is a want of
that perfec ton in symmetry, that elegance of
model, that exquisite taste in rigging, spars, &c.
&.C., which present an American ship to the eye
and imagination as “a thing of life.”
Soon after passing the Lord Howe, we came
in sight of Dover, and as the atmosphere was re
markably clear, we had a good view of Calais,
its French neighbor. The channel between
these two places, as you know, is only about 18
miles wide. During the wars between England
and France, these towns, frowning and growling
like cage I Lions at each other, must have beta
points of exceeding interest. The shore, upon
ihe French, as upon the English side of the
channel, presents high and bold chalk cliffs, the
character and conformation of which create an
impression that in some remote time, back to
which the memory nor the annals of “man run
neth not,” there was at this point no water line
of demarcation between what are now the bound
aries of England and Fr-nce. The day was so
clear that by the aid ofa spy-glass not only the
houses but even the people at Calais were seen.-
Dover makes but a sorry appearance, squat
ted down, as it is, tn a gul| h, and locking dull
and dingy. The high hili on its left, has an old
and strongly fortified Castle. On its right, too,
there are remains ot formidable fortifications.—
The Cliffs of Dover are high, bold and perpen
dicular; and as viewed from the Steamer, real
ize the description of them which Shakspeare
puts into the mouth of Edgar in King Lear:—
“Come on,kir; here’s the place: stand still.
How* fearful
And dizzy ’tis. to cast one’s eyes so low ’
The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air,
Scarce t>hnw so gross as beetles : Half way down
Haug- one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade!
Methin a.* lie seems no bigger than his head :
The tifehennen. that walk upon the beach,
Appear tike mice ; and yon tali anchoring bark,
Diminished o her boat, her boat, a buoy
Almoot too small for s.ght: The ni'irnnning surge,
That on the unnumbered idle pebbles chafes,
Cannot L. Heard re. l-UtoQ-ft I .
Lest iny main turn, and thu GBfleiefn
Topple down htudiong.”
Soon after leaving Dover the channel widens,
and before dark we tost sight of endier Coast.
At 5 o’clock this morning, when I came on deck,
we were running along the French co Ist, a
quarter of a mile from shore, and fourteen miles
fiotn Havre. The French Filo', who came on
board at 4 o’clock, informed our Captain that
Have was filled with People yesterday, drawn
together by Boat Races, which the Duke de
Nemours, ihe King’s eldest son, attended. We
reached Havre al half past six, but not until the
tide had fallen so much that we were compelled
to diop anchorin the outer harbor, where we re
main uffiil 11 o’clock, when the return tide will
enable us to get into the docks.
NO. XXVI.
London, Aug. 25, 1843.
I stated in a former Letter that 1 should nave
occasion to speak of Bishop Hughes agaiu, and
if I now say less ot him than 1 then intended, it
is because;! lunger and more intimate acquaint
ance witn him, lias imposed restraints that may
not oedisregarded. Nur will 1, with the Atlan
tic between me and the country, the irieuds, anu
he home of my affections, willingly say atufit
to wound those who hold my views upon the
PublicSchoolones,ion to beenoneous. Waiv
ing these topics, therefore, 1 shall now content
myself with saying that Bishop Hughes is des
tined to exert a powerful influence over the
minds of men. He is in the prime ot life, with
tastes and habits and aspirations which will not
rest while there are treasures ot knowledge un
explored. Anu next to the sacred office to wh.cti
he has beeneonsecrated, he isdesiro isof pro
moting the general wellareof his fellow citizens.
He believes U to be not less the privilege than
the duty, ot classes of men, to dedicate their
whole time and talents to the enlightenment of
the minds, and the alleviation of lue sufferings,
and the elevation of the pursuits of their coun
trymen. fie believes that the spirit ot the age,
scarcely less than the genius of our institutions,
eminently demands this service from the giited
men of a Republic which is becoming the “seat
of Empire.” That he is a Catholic who will
exert his utmost efforts to vindicate and extend
his religious principles, is most true; but that he
is also a Patriot ana Philanthropist in the broad
est and most enlightened sense of the terms ;
an I that he will devote a clear head and a warm
heart to the advocacy of rational Freedom, of
universal E .ucatioti, of pure Morals, and those
true Christian virtues, Charily and Peace, is
equally nue.
Four years ago, in crossing the Atlantic,
Bishop Hughes encountered a heavy Gale, an
account of which he then commixed to a Jour
nal kept lor the eye only ot his sister. On our
passage, while 1 was conversing with him in
relation to a Sermon he had that day preached
on board, in which he had dwelt very eloquent
ly upon tne power and wisdom ol God as dis
played in the “mighty deep,” the Bishop referred
t > tne Storm he had once witnessed, and on a
subsequent day read to me the account he then
wio.e of it. i'his struck me as one of the most
giap..ic and beautilul descriptions of a Gale
that 1 ever met with. Believing that this extract
from the Bishop’s Journal will interest others
as it did me, 1 obtained his leluctant consent lor
its publication, promising to state the fact that it
was hastily- written on board ship, in obedience
to a requestof a Sister that he should keep a
Journal of his tour for her, and without the slight
est expectation that it would ever come in con
tact with types oi printing press:—
Extracts from Bishop Hughes’Journal of
a Voyage across the Atlantic.
* * * * Oct. 20. —0 h what
is there m Nature sogrand as the mighty Ocean?
I’he Earthquake and Volcano arc ever sublime
iu their destructive power. But their sublimity
is terrible from the consciousness of danger with
whicn their exhibitions are witnessed—and be
sides, their violent agency is impulsive, sudden
nd transient. Not so the glorious Ocean. In
ns playlulness you discover that it can be terri
le as the Earthquake ; but the spirit of benevo
lence seems to dwell in its bright and open coun
enance, to inspire your confidence. The Moun
ains and Valleys, with their bold lineaments and
luxuriant verdure, are beautiful; but theirs is
lot like the beauty ol the Ocean ; for here all is
■ie and movement. This is not that stationary
ejutyoi iu al scenery, in which objects retain
■eir fixed ..nd relative position, and wait to be
xauiiu. u and admired in detail. No, the ocean
presents a moving scenery, which passes in re
lew before and around you, challenging ad
mration. These gentle heavings oi tue great
.eep, with its unrutiied surface—these breakit gs
ip ot its waters into fantastic and varied forms;
hese haltings of the waves to be thrown forwan
■lesently into new formations; these giant bil
ows, the sentinelsof the watery wilderness—all
11, are beautiful—and though in tiieir approach,
-hey may seem furious and pregnant with des-
taction, yet there is hodanger, for they come
■ffily with salutations for the Pilgrim of the deep,
and as they pass her buws or stern retiring back
w rl«, seem, as from obeisance, to kiss their
hands to her in token of adieu » » *
Uct. 31. I'his day I was gratified with what
I had often desired to witness—the condition of
the ,sea in a Tempest. Not that 1 would allege
curiosity as a sufficient plea, for desiring that
which can never be witnessed without more or
lessof danger to the spectator; and still less, when
the gratification exposes others to anxu ty and
alarm. Let me be understood, then, as mean
ing to say that niv desire to witness a Storm was
not of such a kind as to make me indifferent to
Hie apprehension which it is calculated to
awaken. But aside from this, there was noth
in * 1 could have desired more. I had contem
plated the Ocean in all other phases—and they
are almost innumerable At one time it is seen
reposing in perfect stillness under the blue sky
and bright sun. At anothet slighllj’ ruffled, and
then its motion causes his rays to tremble and
dance in broken fragments of silvery or of gold
en light—-and the sight is dazzled by following
the track from whence his beams are reflected—
whilst all beside seems to frown id the darkness
of its ripple. Again it maybeseen somewhat
more agitated and of a darker hue, under a
clouded sky and a stronger and increasing wind.
I’hen, you see an occasional wave, rising a lit
tle above the rest, and crowning its summirwith
that crest of white, breaking trom its top ann-i
tumbling over fike liquid alabaster. Now as
far a- the eye can rea<m,yqiMßcet lie dark ground.,
of Ocean enlivened and dfWrsified by these
panoramic snow hills. As they approach near,
and if the sun bajunclquded, you sec the light
refracted through the summit of the wave, ih th*
most pure, paje green, that it is possible either
seen m itie 8a rffuess, when the ntouii ana ’stars
are veiled. But until to-day I had never seen
it tn correspondence with the Tempest.
After a breeze of some sixty hours from the
north and northwest, the wind'died away about
four o’clock yesterday afternoon. The calm
continued till about nine in the evening. The
mercuiy in the Barometer fell, in the meantime,
titan extraordinary rate; and lie captain pre
dicted that we should encounter a “gale” from
the southeast. I did not hear the prediction or
I should not have gone to bed. The “gale”
came on, however, at about 11 o’clock; not vio
lent at first, but increasing every moment. I
slept soundly until after five in the morning, and
then awoke with a confused recollection of a
good deal of rolling and thumping through the
night, which was occasioned by the dashing of
the waves against the ship. There was an un
usual trampling and shouting—or rather scream
ini'—on deck ; and soon after, a crash upon the
cabin floor, followed by one of the most unearth
ly screams I ever heard. The Passengers, taking
the alarm, sprang trom their berths, and without
waitings.-r or receiving any answers. Hurry
ing on my clothes, 1 found that the shriek pro
ceeded from the 2d Ste ward, who had, by a lurch
of the ship, been throw n, in his sleep, from bis
sofa, some six feet to the cabin floor. By this
time I found such of the Passengers as could
stand at the doors of the hurricane house, “hold
ing on,” and looking out in the utmost conster
nation. This, 1 exclaimed mentally, is what 1
wanted, but 1 did not expect it so soon. It was
still quite dark. Fourof the sails werealready
in ribbons. The winds whistling through the
cordage; the rain dashing furiously and in tor
rents ; the noise and spray scarcelj' less than I
found them under the great sheet at Niagara.—
And in the midst of all this, the Captain with
his speaking trumpet, the officers, and the sail
ors, sci earning to each other in efforts to be hea rd,
and mingling their oathsand curses with the
angry voice of the Tempest—this, all this, in
the darkness which precedes the dawningofdaj",
and with the fury of the hurricane, combined to
form as much of the terribly sublime as I ever
wish to witness concentrated in one scene.
The Passengers, though silent, were filled
with apprehension. What the extent of danger,
and how all this would terminate, were ques
tions which rose in my own mind, although un
conscious of fear or trepidation. But to such
questions there were no answers, for this knowl
edge resides only with Him who “guides the
storm and directs the whirlwind.” We had en
countered, however, as yet, only the commence
ment ofa Gale, whose terrors had been height
ened by its suddenness, by the darkness, and by
the confusion. It continued to blow furiously
lor iwenty-fbur hours; so that during the whole
day I enjoyed a view which, apart from its dan
gers, would be worth a voyage across the At
lantic. The ship was driven madly through
the raging walers, and even when it was impos
sible to walk the decks without imminent risk of
being lifted up and carried away by the winds,
the poor sailors were kept aloft, tossing and
swinging about the yards and in the tops, cling-
,jng b; their boJiss. feet and a:r.is, with mysteri
ous tenacity, to the spars, while their hands
were employed in in taking in and securing sail.
On deek the oliicers and men made themselves
safe by ropes; but how the gallant fellows aloft
kept trom being blown out of the rigging was
equally a matter of wonder and admiration.—
However, at about seven o’clock they had taken
in what canvass had not been blown away ex
cept the sails by means of which the vessel is
kept steady. At 9 o’clock the hurricane had ac
quired its full force. There was now no more
work to be done. The ship lay to —and those
who had her in charge only remained on deck to
be prepared lor whatever of disaster might oc
cur. The breakfast hour came, and passed, un
heeded by most of the Passengers; though 1
found my own appeiite quite equal to the spare
allowance ol a fast-day.
Bj' this time the sea’was rolling up its hurri
cane waves; and that 1 might not lose the gran
deur ot such a view, I fortified myself against
the rain and spray, in winter over-coat and
cork-soled boots, and in spile of the fierce
ness ot the gale, planted myself in a position fa
vorable fora survey of all around me, and in
safety so tong as the ship’s strong works might
hole, together. I have often seen paintings ct a
Storm at Sea—but here was the original. These
imitations are often times graphic and faithful,
as far as they go, but they are necessarily defi
cient in accompaniments which painting can
not.supply, and are therefore leebie and ineffec
tive. You have, upon canvass the Ship and the
Sea, but as the)’ come from the hands of the Ar
tist so they remain. The universal molitm of
both are thus arrested and made stationary.
There is no subject in which the pencil of the
Painter acknowledges more its indebtedness to
the imagination than in its atten.pts to de
lineate the Sea Storm. But even could the at
tempt be successful, so far as t :e eye is roncern
ed, there would still be wanting the rushing of
tiie hurricane, the groaning of the masts and
yards, the quick, shrill rattling of the cordage,
and the ponderous dashing ot the uplifted deep.
All these were numbered among the advantages
of my position, as firmly planted, I opened eyes,
and cars, heart arid soul, to the beautiful fright
fulness of the tempest around and the ocean be
neath us.
At this time the hurricane was supposed to be
at the topofits fury, and.it seemed to me quite
impossible for winds to blow more violently.
Our noble ship had been reduced in the scale of
proportion by this sudden transformation of the
elements, info dimensions apparently insignifi
cant. She hart become a mere boat to be lifted
up and dashed down bj’ the caprice of wave af
ter wave.
The weather especially along the, surface oi
the sea, was’thick and hazy, so much so that
you could not see more than a mile in any di
rection. Butwitbin that horizon, the spectacle
was one of majesty and power. Within that
circumference, there were mountains and plains,
the alternate rising and sinking of which sdemed
like the action of some volcanic power beneath.
You saw immense masses of uplifted waters,
emerging out of the da-kness on one side, and
rushing and tumbling across the valleys that re
mained after the passage of their predecessors,
until, like them, they rolled away into similar
darkness upon the other. These waves were
not numerous, nor rapid in their movements;
but in massiveness and elevation they were the
legitimate offspring of a true tempest. It was
this elevation that imparted the beautifully pale
and transparent gnen to the billows, from the
summitof which thetoplingwhite foam spilled
itself over and came falling down tow ards you
with the dash of a cataract. Not less magnifi
cent than the waves themselves, were the vary
ing dimensions of the valleys that remained be
tween them. You would expect to see these
ocean plains enjoying as it were a moment of re
pose, but during the hurricane’s frenzy this was
not the case. Their waters had lost for a mo
ment the onward motion of the billows, but they
were far from being at rest. They preserved
the green hues and foamy scarfs of the mighty
insurgents that had passed over them. The an
gry aspect they presented to the eye that gazed,
almost vertically, upon their boiling eddies,
wheeling about in swift currents, with surface
glowing and hissing as if in contact with heated
iron: all this showed that their depths were not
unvisited by the tempest, but that its spirit had
descended beneath the billows to heave them up
presently into all the rushing convulsive violence
of the general commotion. But mountain and
plain, of these infuriated waters, were covered,
some on the very summit, and on the lee “side”
of the waves, with the while foam of the water
against which the winds first struck, and which,
from high points, was lifted into spray; but in
all other places, hurled along with the intense
rapidity of its own motion, until the whole pros
pect, on the lee side of the ship, seemed one field
ifdriftingsnow, dashed along furionsly to its
dark norders by the howling storm.
In the meantime our ship g tiered herself up
ito the compactness of a duck—and except the
feathers that had been plucked from her wings
before she had time to fold her pinions—she rode
offi the whirlwind without damage, and in tri
umph. It was not the least remarkable, and by
far the most comfortable circumstance, m th.
combination ot all that is grand and terribk
that, furious as were the winds, towering an
threateningas were the billows, our gloriom
bark preserved ber equilibrium against the fury
of the one, and her buoyancy in despite of the
alternate precipice and avalanche oi the other.
True, it is, she was made to whistle through het
cordage, to creak and moan through all her tim
bers, even to her masts. True it is, she was
made to plunge and rear, to tremble and reel
na stagger; still she continued to scale the wa
-ery mountain and ride on its very summit, until
as it rolled onwards iron" beneath her, she de
signed gently on her pathway, ready to triumph
again and again over each succeeding wave.
At such a moment it was a matter of profound
deliberation which most to admire, the majesty
of God in the winds and waves, or His good
ness and wisdom in enabling his creatures to
contend with and overcome the elements even
in the fierceness ot their anger 1 To cast one’s
eyes abroad in ihe scene that surrounded me ai
this moment, and to think .nan should have said
to himself, “I will build myself an Ark in the
midst of you, and ye shall not prevent my pas
sage—nay, ye shall bear me
up; and ye winds shall onward!” And
yet there we were in the t4lness of this fearful
experiment!
" I had never believed it possible for a vessel to
encounter syeir a hurricane without being dash
ed or torn to pieces, at least in ail her masts and
rigging, for 1 am persuaded that had the same
tempest passed as luriously owr yoi“ town, du
► *inthe same length ol time, it would have left 1
scarcely a nouse standing, ,I'he yielding char
acter of She element in, which the vessel is
launched, is the great secret oi gaiety on such
oecaltions.' Hence when gales Occur upon the
wide Ocean there is but little danger; but when
they drive you upon breakers on a lee shore,
where the keel comes in contact with “the toi
solid earth,” then it is impossible toescapeship
wreck. 1 never experienced a sensation ot fear
on the Ocean—but this tempest has increased
my confidence ten fold, not only in the fees but
tn the Ship. It no longer surprises me that few
vessels are lost at Sea—for they and their ele
ment are made for each other. And thepraai
cal conclusion f rom this experience of a gale is
encouraging lor all my future navigation. I
shall have confidence in my Ship now, as 1
have ever had in the Sea. Ever since my eyes
first rested on the Ocean, I have cherished an
instinctive affec lion for it, as it it was something
capable ot sympathy and benevolence. When
calm it is to me a slumbering infant. (Your
own Moses, lor instance.) How tranquilly it
sleeps I—no trace of grief or guilt is on its fore
head—no trouble in its breast. It is a mirror in
which the clear blue sky beholds the reflection
of its brightness and purity. • ♦ ♦
Fromthe New York Express.
General Bertrand in New York.
It is not as the officer, but as the friend of Na
poleon Bonaparte that this distinguished man is
receiving tiign honors and the warmest of wel
comes at the hands ol tiie people oi America.—
Notlbr tne victories which he helped .hat might)
devastator ol nations to win, uot for the ray»
that the valor of the General added to the re
nown and glory oi the Emperor, as they strode
together, in blood and carnage over the fairest
fields of Europe, but as the bright exampier oi
what true, devoted, disinterested friendship is, the
living model ofa personal attachment, unparal
lelled for fidelity in the history of the world, is
he an object of our admiration. Something it is
i rue of a desire to took upon an active shaiei oi
in scenes like those which, thirty years ago, were
beheld at this distance, and have since been reau
upon the page of history, with wondering anu
absorbing interest, by the people of this land,
may mingle <- ith these motives ; for Bertrand
comes to us as a part, as it were, of the great
feoldier, Consul, Emperor himself; and, as we
took upon his war-worn and care-worn figure,
we can laney that we see before us something ol
the genius, and something of the man, moreover,
to which and to whom the faithful officer’s lite
has been so zealously devoted.
General Bertrand was ever a firm personal
friend, and close companion ol Bonaparte, as
well as one of his most favorite oliicers. Du
ring all the great conqueror’s campaigns, this
double trust and continence continued unabated,
and it was not slackened, on either side, when
all '.he pomps and glories otthe victor had paled,
never to be relumed again. They never jiarted.
Bertrand followed his friend and commanuer-in
to lonely exile. When the wile, —whom the
ambitious monarchhad reared to the levUof his
own proud station, to make her the mother ot a
son who might one day succeed him in power,
—deserted him, (as she, whom, for this, he had
repudiated, would never have none,) the gallant
B'.-.u uid was by Ms side. I. was tual devoted
friend, who cheered the tong and dreary hours ol
compulsory exile, and when that last great level
er ol all human rank, —that sure soother of alt
human sorrows, came to claim his illustrious
victim, it was Bertrand and his devoted family
who stood around the bed of death, and took a
last farewell ol their monarch and their friend,
at that point only, where human sympathy could
serve him no longer. And lastly, it was the
same gallant Bertrand, who, with his hairs
whitened by the frosts of age, was appointed by
his King to receive on the stfores ot France the
bones oi his old commander, which he had with
his own hands inhumed at St. Helena, and to
commit them to the place ot their last repose, in
the heart ot the French capital. Who can won
der that such an interest, as we now see exhibit
ing itself on the part ol our citizens, should be
left among us ?
We have said that the family of General Ber
trand was most intimate with Napoleon, during
the whole ot the fallen Emperor’s residence on
St. Helena. This intimacy was, indeed, the
almost only fresn and verdant wreath that im
parted any thing like a shade of quiet and social
comfort upon that barren rock.
Mrs. Abell, (late Miss Balcombe,) in aseries
of very sprightly and interesting articles, now
in a course ot publication in one of the leading
English Magazines, is describing her recollec
tions of Napoleon and his attendants, while at
St. Helena. She is the daughter of Mr. Bal
combo, at whose house, “The Briars,” Napoleon
was lodged while Logwood was getting ready
for his reception. She takes frequent opportu
nities io introduce anecdotes of, and allusions
to, the Bertrands. We give two or three ot
these.
“He, (Napoleon) remarked, once,” (says Mrs
Abell,) “that he had heard a great deal ot the
beauty and elegance of the governors daughter,
and asked me who I thought the most beautiful
woman in the Island. 1 told him I thought
Madame Bertrand superior beyond all compari
son to any one 1 had ever seen before. My lath
er had been greatly struck with her majestic ap
pearance on board the Northumberland: and 1
always thought every one else sunk into insig
nificance when she appeared. And yet her fea
tures were not regular, and she had no strict
pretensions to beauty; but the expression of her
face was very intellectual, and her bearing
queen-like and dignified.
“Napoieon asked me if 1 did not consider
Madame Montholon pretty. I said no. He
then desired Merchand to bring down a snuff
box, on which was a miniature of Madame
Montholon. It was certainly like her and very
beautiful. He told me it was what she had been
when young. He then recurred again to Miss
C , and said Gottrgattd spoke in rapturesof
her, and had sketched her portrait from memory.
He produced the drawing, and wished to know
if I thought it a good likeness. I told him that
she was inure lovely, and that it bore no trace oi
resemblance to her. I mentioned also that she
was very clever and amiable. Napoleon saia
it was very enthusiastic in her favor, and had
made him tong to see her.
“Madames Montholon and Bertrand, and the
rest of his suite, often came to see him at the
Briars and remained the day. It was quite de
lightful to witness the deference and respect with
which he was treated by them all. His every
look was watched, and each wish anticipated
as if he had still been on the throne of Charle
magne.
“On one of these occasions, Madame Ber
trand produced a miniature of the Empress Jo
sephine, which she shewed to Napoleon. He
gazed at it with the greatest emotion lor a con
siderable time without speaking. At last he
exclaimed it was the most perfect likeness he
had ever seen of her, and told Madame Bertrand
he would keep it, which he did until his death.
He has often looked at my mother for a length
of time very earnestly, and then apologized by
raying that she reminded him so much of Jose
phine. Her memory’ seemed to be idolized by
him, and he was never weary of dwelling on
her sweetness of disposition and the grace of
her movements. He said that she was the most
truly feminine of any woman he had ever
known.
“On New Year’s day a deputation consisting
of the son of General Bertrand, Hem i and Tris
tram, Madame Montholon’s little boy, arrived
with a selection of bon-bons lor us, and Napo
leon observed that he had sent his cupidons to
the graces. The bon-lx>ns were placed in crys
tal caskets, covered with white satin napkinson
Savres plates. The plates 1 kept till lately,
when I presented them to a lady who had shown
my mother and myself many very kind atten
tions. And this was the last I possessed of Na
poleon’s many little gifts to me, with the excep
tion of a lock of his hair, which I shall retain,
and which might be mistaken tor the hair of an
infant from its extreme softness and silkiness.”
Mrs. Abel relates the following anecdot",
pretty much in the same way as here given; but
she says it was Hudson Lowe instead oi Lord
Bathurst. Our readers are aware that the
Countess Bertrand accompanied her husb..n<
to St. Helena. The following anecdote is rela
ted of her: On the birth of her child, the Euipe
ror complimeti ed her upon its beauty. "Sire,
replied the spirited lady, “1 present you the fiiat
Frenchman who has entered Longwood without
permission of Lord Bathurst.”
Mrs. Abel relates a pleasant anecdote of th<
strong attachment ot Napoleon to tiie Bertrat.
family.—Going to Longwood one day to vis.
Mad. 8., the Emperor was found by the ladi<
from the Briars, sitting beside her bed. The
would have retreated, butNapolean called then
back, demanding what frightened them, anu ai
ding, “1 am only visiting my loaf (love).” This
was represented tohiiu as being rather a stroi.
term to apply to a married lady; at which h<
appeared abashed that he had not hit upon tin
right English word, and immediately substitui
ed dear friend, or some similar term.
And such, in short, is the account given o
the nearness to him of the General and all h.--
family, at St. Helena, by every writer who ba
commemorated the incidentsol that eventful pe
riod between the landing at the “rock in the sea,
and the last great scene which closed the Empe
ror’s mortal career.
Alison, in his history, thus speaks of th
faithfulness of the tew Frenchmen that stood b.
Napoleon at Fontainuleati.
“A terrible catastrophe had well nigh termin. •
ted at this period the lite and ilie suflerings of
Napoieun. His departure lor Elba iiaa be< i
fixed toaihe 2Uth of April; and in the interim,
while he was totally deserted by all but a tew
domestias and his taithtul becani
evident to around him hat ■■’ftjfe absorb
ing idea haifwken possession oi bis mind. H
recurred constantly to the last moments ol d*
parted greatness; his conversation to his in ™
mate friends Was entirelv u;yn the illustrious
men of antiquity, who, in circumstances similar
to his own, had fallen oy their own band; in ih
close of his career, as in its outset, he dwelt ou
the heroes ot Plutarch, and their resolution not
io survive misfortune. The apprehensions of
bis attendants were increased when they learn
ed that on the 12th, the day after the signature
of the treaty, he had directed the Empress Ma
ria Louisa, who was on her way from Blois to
join him, to delay the execution other design.
On taking leave of Caulaincourt that night, af
ter a mournful revery, he said : “My resolution
is taken: we must end: I feel it.” Caulaincoun
had not been many hours in bed, when he wa
suddenly roused by Constant, the emperor’s val
et, who entreated him to come instantly, for Na
Dolean was in convulsions, and fast dying. Hi
instantly ran in ; Bertrand and Marat wasalrea
dy there ; but nothing was to be heard but sti
fled groans from the bed of Napoleon. Soon,
however, his domestic surgeon, Ivan, who hau
so long attended him in his campaigns, appear
ed in the utmost consternation, and stated that
he had been seen, shortly after going to bed, to
rise quietly, pour a liquid into a glass, and lie
down again ; and Ivan had recognised in the
vial, which was left on the table, a subtle pois
on, a preparation ot opium and other deadly sub
stances, which he had given him during the
Moscow retreat, at his desire, and which, as tong
as the danger lasted, he had constantly worn
round his neck. When Caulaincourt seizeu
his hand, it was already cold. "Caulaincourt,”
said he, opening his eyes, “I am about to die: 1
recommend to you my wife and my son—defend
my memory. I could no longer endure life
l'he desertion of my old companions in anm
had broken my heart.” The poison, however,
either from having been so long kept, or som
other cause, had tost its original efficacy; vio
lent vomiting gave him relief; he waswii.
srreat difficulty prevailed on to drink warm wa
ter ; and, after a mortal agony oi two hours, the
spasms gradually subsided, and he fell asleep
“Ivan,” said he, on aw'aking, “the dose was no.
strong enough —God did not will it;” and h.
rose, paleand haggard, but composed, and seem
ed now loresign himself with equanimity to hi.
future fate.
Amid the general and humiliating scene o;
baseness which disgraced the French functiona
ries at the fall of Napoleon, it is consolatory f..i
the honor of human nature to have some instan
ces of a contrary character to recount. * *
General Bertrand, Generals Drouot and Cain
bronno, Marat, General Bclliard, Baron Fain-
General Gorgaud, Colonel Anatole, Montesqui,
en, Baron de la Place, Generals Kosakowski
and Vcnsowitch, remained with him to the las
at Fontainbleatt; and Bertrand shared his exilt
as well t Elba as at St. Helena.”
It is said that, after the General’s return from
St. Helena to France, in 1815, he embarked u.
the business of manufacturing cotton goods, an
he was subsequently a member (we believe,) oi
the House of Deputies. In 1840, it was he wh<
was selected to receive the bouy of his old frieno
and much loved General, on its arrival from tb<
rock of St. Helena, and to see it honorably de
posited beneath the dome of the “Invalides’,” it.
the capital, which once witnessed his glory am.
resounded with his triumphs.
Gen. Bertrand arrived here yesterday morn
ing from Boston, by the Worcester Line. Th<
Marshall remained at Boston one night and on*
dmt, during which time he made a flying visi:
to Lowell. The Boston Times says, that he
rode out to Quincy to see Ex President Adams,
with whom he passed a part of the day. Th<
Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, the English Consul.
Mr Grattan, Mr. Bancroft the Historian, an<
other gentlemen called at the Tremont, and let.
their cards.
He was accompanied from Boston by a Com
mittee ol his countrymen residing here, win.
went on to Boston to wait on the General. H.
landed on the Battery yesterday morning, am
was escorted to his loadings, al the Astor Hou-e
by a large concourse ol citizens, who were wai
ing his arrival at the dock. He passed up Broad
way in a beatiful carriage drawn by Four Whit;
Horses.
The stars and stripes are waving o the topol
the Astor, and the tri-color from the front.
The General, with his son occupies a suite o
rooms in the second story of the Astor House.
The authorities of the city generally waiter
upon the General yesterday. Commodore Stew
art put at the disposition of the committee o.
French citizens, the boats, and the batteries o
the North Carolina to receive, honor <.nd salut
him, and a patriotic dinner is to be- given h m
next week, on Tuesday, by the French at Del
monico’s, tickets five dollars.
The Tri color is waving over several of the
public buildings in honor of the arrival of the
General.
Scenes and Incidents oi the Late Civil War
in Spain.
{From the Noto Book of a British Officer in the
seroite of the Queen of Spain.)
Spanish and Irish Soldiers.—There are no
where to be found more amusing fellows thuii
Spanish soldiers, full as they are of quaint hu
mor and smart repartee; anu many a merry hal.
hour have 1 spent leaning over a balcony an.
listening to the conversation and sallies of .
number of them playing at tola or morra in ill.
street below. The contrast oi character, too, be
tween men from different provinces of the Pen
insula was interesting enough to study; the fiery
stem nature of the Arragonese, the duli heavy
Galician, the lighthearted, high-spirited Va
lencian and Andauluz abounding in the sal, the
wit and humor found m so supereminent a de
gree in the south of Spain. Few, howevei, of
their jokes and witticisms but would be spoilt
by a translation, dependent as they often are on
a word or an intonation for the point they re
ceive.
I have heard, if I could remember them, many
droll traits and stories of the Irish soldiery under
Evans. On the 16th of March, ’37, when the
Queen’s troops were in full retreat, my squadron
was formed up on the road to Hemani, occa> ion
ally charging down when the opportunity pre
sented itself, in order to cover the retreat. Up
came an Irish infantry soldier, who, although
following the example pretty generally given
him, and retreating, still seemed to do it a am
treazur, and kept up a sort of running fight oi.
his own account, perfectly independent of any
body else in the world. The fellow ivasstream
ing from what appeared to me a mixture of heat
and fury, and his facewasas red as Dan O’Cun
nell’s after a four hour’s speech to the finest
ph.isanlh.ry. His lips and cheek were black with
biting cartridges.
“Be !” said he, thumping his musket butt
down on the ground, and wiping his face with
a rag he took out oi his shako. “Be 1 ana
they call John Carlos a pretindher! What a
divil of a fellow he’d be if he was in airnest!”
When Irun was taken, plunder was the ordei
of the day, and a staff officer told me that he met
a soldier of an Irish regiment with a case o
beaut ful Geneva watches in bis hand. Know
ing that the fellow would either get drunk ana
lose them, or sell them at five francs apiece t<
the French officers and others whom curiosity
brought in crowds across the Bidassoa.my tnenu
thought he might as well have one of the ume-
Ke “llano' my man,” cried he, “give mea watch
and here’s a tour dollar bit for you.
“And is four dollars ye’re afflier giving me ?”
said raddv. “Ah! thin yer honor, take a hand
ful of ’em. ” And he held up the box.
The officer laughed and took one; but he de
rived little benefit from his bargain, for bivou
acking a night or two after, some maraude
stole it out of the breast of his jacket while h
slept.
A Band op Desperadoes.—After the action
of Berga, and the expulsion of Cabrera frou.
Spain, we marched to Manresa with Leon’s di
vision. A few leagues from the last name,
town we made a short halt in a village to allov.
time for the staff to take up quarters before th.
division marched in. M. and myself were lean
mg out of the possada window when an offic->
passed whom we recognised as having former
VOL. VII—NO. 45.
u belonged to the chapelgurns, and calling to
.im he came up and joined us. His name was
Navarra; he had lought with much distinction
during the whole war, and had the scars of sev
en wounds on hisbody. Whilst taking choeolal*
he told us that he had been appointed a» captain
io Espartero’s lavorite regiment of tbe Guinea ot
Luchana, which he was proceeding to join, ac
companied only by his servant. We soon alter
ward- marched, .-avarra remaining behind but
intending to come on the same evening.
That night we sleet in Maniesa,..nd the nett
aorning the first unng we heard was that the
iead body of an officer had been ibund a short
hstance from the town. This was the untor
unate Navarra, who coming up some way m
ear ot the division, had been waylaid anu rhot
r>y one of the numerous panics < f bandit gueril-
I s that still infested the provinces, although the
war was in fact at an end.
On learning the death of Navarra, Leon or
ered the peasant whose house was nearest to
he scene of the murder to be led out and shot.
I'his I heard that he did by the advice ol the
Ayuntamiento of Manresa, who represented to
dm that he might exhaust his division in run
ningabout the mountains after tbe various bands
t ma auders, wiihout the least success, where
s bv ado; ting the sb ve system the peasants
emselves would deliver up me banditti, who
-ere dependent on mem for rat ions and quar-
The same day an order appeared announcing
hat, whenever a robbery or other actol violence
■ccurred, no search would be made alter those
who had committed it, but the peasants nearest
o the spot where it had taken’place would be
punished in the severest manner.
This pro lamation put the fear of death into
he inhaoitants of tbe whole district. Tbe fa
nous somalm was sounded, every bell for leagues
i ound set ringing, and no small din they made
n a country where the most paltry hamlet is
>etter proviced with churches and bells man any
other necessaries of civilized I fe.
The good effects of the o'der were soon visi
ble, for the next day a peasant, occupying a sol
itary house some miles from Manresa, came in
and gave information that the parliaa, known as
that of the Zapatero,from its leader having been
a shoemaker, had demanded rations of him, and
announced their intention of sleeping at his
house that night.
The necessary orders were given, and at two
in the morning a strong detachment surrounded
the house. Notwithstanding the precautions
aken, six out of twelve men composing the
artida managed to escape. The remainder
uarricaded themselves in the house, which, like
nany of the peasants’ dwe'linus in Spain, was
built ot rough blocks of stone, with only two or
three small openings serving serving as win
iows, and made a desperate defence. At last,
■teeing that day was breaking and eseape impos
sible, they asked if their lives would be spared
-hould they capitulate.
“ Per lo fur es de mi," replied the officer com
manding the detachment, “as tar as 1 am con
cerned, my orders are to take you prisoners.”
They accordingly surrendered, and were
marched into Manresa, where they no sooner
arrived tl an Leon ordered them to be placed in
-.npilla, preparatory to being shot. The priests,
however, who went to prepare them for their ap
proaching death, met with a scurvy reception
from these desperadoes. 1 went, accompanied
try a Spanish officer, to see them in the house
where they were confined. I had never behe'd
-ix such desperate looking villains; splendid
tellows, as far as their physical appearance
went; tall, muscular men, with picturesque,
Salvator Rosa looking heads; long, curling
lair; and their faces, which were bronzed, ai
nost blackened by the sun and exposure, clean
haved. except of wiry, black mustaches. One
was a youth of twenty, standing full six feet
high, andofa symmetry of person that wasquitc
Antinous-like. But by tar the most striking
looking amongst them was a little fellow with
-boulders that Hercules might have envied, and
tremendously powetlul limbs. He was the
most desperate ot the party, cursed and swore at
be priests when they addressed him, and sat
there seemingly careless of his approaching
late, smoking and swallowing large draughts of
wine wh ch they had asked for and that had
been brought them, it not being usual in Spain
o refuse any request of that kind to men in
their extremity. 1 had soon enough of tbisscenc
<nd left the house.
The same afternoon they were brought out
to be shot. They were all, with one exception,
tiijos del pueblo, natives of Mansera, and known
o its inhabitants from childhood as bad and
lesperate characters. It was curious to observe
he looks ot mingled horror and pity thrown up
in them by the people who thronged the win
iows of the houses. The band to which they
ielonged had been noted alike tor its cruelty
ind its daring, and in Spain, and in Catalonia
-specially, the country of contrabandistas, the
•alter quality seldom tails to excite interest md
ympathy, even when conpled with the most
trocious crimes. But perhaps that is not only
Spanish but human nature.
“Adios! adios!" shouted the guerillas, as they
marched through the streets, with as bold and
mart a pace as though they had been going to
a banquet instead of a grave, to those ol their
acquaintances and townspeople whom they re
cognised.
“Your alpargata is in pieces," said one fellow
to his comrade, alluding to one ot his hempen
. .ndals which was falling from his foot.
“Never mind,” was the reply, accompanied
>y a laugh. “It will last as long as 1 shall
-ant it.”
Three of them appeared somewhat penitent,
t least they listened to the exhortation of the
riests who accompanied them, and on arriving
t the place of execution, two of the others kiss
el the crucifix, and seemed desirous of dying as
Christians. The little fellow, however, wasob
. urate to the last. His countenance was ex
cessive of the most uesperate energy and con
empi ot every thing. The others knelt down
obe shot; he at first would not do so. One of
lie priests held out the crucifix, and made a last
ffort to bring him to a better frame of mind,
de waved him away, and turning to the crowd
>f his townspeople there assembled—
“.We perdoruns, ckices?" cried he; "do you
ardon tne 7”
“S'! st!" replied several voices.
“Puis estop amlenlo." “Then 1 am content."
He threw himself on his knees, the volley
•vas fired, and his companions fell dead. He,
uowever, wasonly wounded, andhe made a vio
lent effort to regain his feet, vhen a sergeant
stepped up to him and shot him through the
uead.
Catalonian Civilization.—When we an
tered Catalonia with Lspartero, one of the fit st
places we were quartered at was Igual-ida. I
was billeted at the house of a better sort of peas
ant, and soon after eniering it, having occasion
lor a table-knife, 1 called to the palrona to bring
me one.
“Si senor," replied the woman, "aifui! aqiiit"
“Here! here!”
1 waited a little, but finding she did not come,
went to the kitchen io fetch whi.tl wanted. The
woman showed me a large brass-handled knife,
-trongly riveted by a chain to the heavy kitchen
Iresser. I was rather astonished at this ar
rangement, but, supposing it to be the fashion of
the country, asked the woman tor a free knile,
not a chained one.
"No lenemos otro, senor, no nos permtlen otro,"
replied she with a smile. “We have no other;
we are not allowed another.”
I found, upon investigation, that she spoke
the truth. It appeared that for some time past
the slate of things in Catalonia had been such,
stabbing and assassinations of such daily, not to
say hourly occurrence, that in many places the
authorities had taken the knives from the hous
es ot certain classes of the people, leaving them
only one tor household purposes, and that one
seemed in the manner I have described.
“Nos estabames matando, senor" said my pat
rona, who was herself from another pan of
Spain, but had marrieda Catalonian. "Esmup
mala la genie de aqui." "We were all killing
one another. They are bad people here.”
The tears stood in her eyes as she spoke, and
1 was afterwards told she had lost a son only
three months before, stabbed in a brawl with
some of his companions.
And such is Catalonia, such tbe province
whose ferocious, halt-barbarous population lias
again succeeded in gelling all Spain by the eart.
Alas, poor Spain! thy glory is indeed departed,
:hy sun set, and who can tell when it shall ria;
again 7
“I Don’t Cari:.”—Yes you do care; you are
>nly in a pet now, and when you are sobered
down and have had time for reflection, you will
rare. Certainly the world don't care about you,
and would wag on as it is wont, were you an
nihilated at this moment; but, unless you care
for the world you are ruined at once. It is of
no avail to gel into a petand use harsh language
and denounce every body around you. ft isnot
a wise spirit that is harbored in your heart; it is
the spirit of evil. While you live vou will have
much to perplex and torment you, but it is un
wise to spit fire, bile your thumbs, or shake your
fists at all who come in your reach. Bear up
and persevere with stout heart and kind look.
Such a spirit will be worth possessing. It will
yield you pure enjoyment at all times, ami draw
around you friends who will contribute to your
veltare and happiness.— Pari. Trib.
A gentleman passing by the jail of a country
iov n heard one ol the prisoners through tbe
trates of his cell singing in the most soft and
nelodious tone that favorite song “Home,
sweet home.” His sympathies were very much
xcited in favor ol the unfortunate tenant of the
ungeon, and upon inquiring the cause of his
incarceration was informed that hewas put in jail
for whipping his wife.— Providence Ckrvnide.