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REFI.KTJONN NUN AUTUMN.
ArTVMSi ha# surely mm* to pay her yearly
visit, irid in warn us of decay ! The leaflet
ha up wreslllog with ill* jml; ibe it<*l m <
evening now gather! upon it, and it** froshnem* i
is stricken. Summer, soft eyed Summer ! art \
thoa gone *7 Ye* I tiil bear thy sweet adieu j
sighing low In the vales, on thy faint liftath i
-(eel* troiYi leaf to l**f away! Hut why should |
wc mourn 7 ‘Hi* flower may fade and its frit- 1
prane# die, yet there I* within it the sends of j
eternal rriidva'. ift 1
In coniwftiou with humnn life, we are too
Apt to reflect upon yellnvr autumn, with ftcl
ing; of tm luucholj'. It becomes a season of
contemplation, nnd our thought* g n upward to
I’m Author of >ur tiding, hovering like timid
spirit# around His fit ly altar.
H tt there itwjmolhivf! lithe fall of lilt: year
whit • . .n it* mournful dbcay, which charm *
thesotil artdewei ten* human life—the rustleof
the eh ft tv, 3it if green—-the winds low sigh -the
('.eeV.'iig door; the house cricket’s prolonged
ehirp—utul th't lit op hearth,send ont thoughts
hack on an erratic! of memory, to those char
ming hours of happy day* of youth mid hope :
—dnyu of childhood -of innocence, • i with
many a b loved yua from whob uhave now
p ,rt -a forever, we vat around e taintly alter
and partook of the f* cling of nt ; times, Oh 1
how ugree.ihlgs-e those melancholy reflection*,
at they linger and play in the tabernacle of a
virtuous heart 1
If w • coni” m plate the changer of the season,
in con icctioa with an iierenfter, we fed nn in
expie-sib’ * be ::’y In the comp v ison, which
cannat cum*a to couvlnce the liberal uud crea
tive rolwd-beyond the grave, “v lcrcthe wick
cd <•• * *t from trouble end the w ary are at rest!’
It presents en argument dipped in beautiful
cuiutiriitg -like afl of nature*. 1 te pencilling*,
ro woven with an existentt ey the unseen
hand that tho keenest eye cannot touch the
point at v. :t!ch every rep irate lint is parted
from it iieigbouiing hue; iuunortality he
come*an instinctive feciing, which carries thu
•Owl upw ardt tve know not how, to its destined
find eternal bahltathurof light and lift*.
‘A c • if ‘•••• change without annihilation, is
a coucout taut *>f all of nature's w orks. She
never cea as to operate. livery tiling w hich
we see upon the globe has been ai;tnl.iugtt
kX-i> tf.HMd“*'y*WtrT..c beau changed by tire to
charcoal—passed from hence to various stma s
of refinement, ttfitn It tins resulted in a con
crete of an elementary light, sparkling in the
hue and splendor As diamond.
That man, who eye has never opened up
on the imlselc*. operation.*) of nature—or wit
iterated the devclo > taenls of her handy work
—who hat; never felt tho charms of her spring
time or hear Inn uwmicioiir *iiih. while view
ing tin- autumn flower in its decline, has lift
uni -a;-c-ctl the grandest lesson of Ills own im
motiylity.
Why doe* not the hearted alhiost, who
bilties hU soul m an c > inttl sleep, repine at
the tliflf- 1 rciMHt between his fiitc and that of the
plant! Does he not ovo lb pride of ilia
foro*t *h* line it* }c* in theautuian-reinote
in tho spring te-r . ig and replenishing
through mtefininubh*age# 1 Surely lie must,
whiie he survey s hi own decayed and nerve
les* limbs, cry out in despair, ‘.‘for me there is
no returning spring!— my wtihorcd irtu k.
never will cloPTh-ei^^rmu obiter rmd! my
hoc plucks shall net more recWPmT gloss
Bfyouth !no young i.nd vigoroua sup will
WtrAulate through tlia,. chilled nnd collapsed
vcs'-t!*; !” Alas! it would not be so ‘ \\ hat!
the plant be (dictated and the season come
again, while the tornn’ the earth w thins face
upward, walking ill th majesty of mind, with
ers nnd sink to an ignoble and eternal sleep ?
“Believe the mu*- ! tin- autumn blest ofiUath
Kills not tho bud*of vi iue; no—they spread
Beneath the heavenly* ‘ ainioftirigliiersuns.
Throofh endU*s age-, ir.to higher pon ers.’’
At; r.rfr;;!hn.— ‘t is longsittcc tve have
doubted the expo ‘ *noy of capital pun
ishments. Tlh~ aecec* which often occur
ai : .e gallows, arc at calcwlntcd to excite
reverence for tho I’ a s, among the good, or
to .feter the vtlliau rum the commission of
crime. Tho Hi. J bus IN. H. Chronicle of
thelSthuH gives a account of the ex
ecution vs two i: • for murder, both of
ta hoir\ solemnly r. otested on the scalfold
that they were not uilty of the crime for
which they were bout to suffer death.
Ib'lh declared the’-readiness to die. As
*oon :i they w< re turned thu sherilf
*ca*l a reprieve v mother individual tiara
cl I Viley, who ’ ,ui been eondr ed along
with them for the same crime. As he had
expressed a wish •> see the bodies before
the coffin* were srd, he was brought
out, and kneeling w. be kissed the cold
cheeks of hisunlor mme companions, be
side who.n he win'll have bieii lying
cold and liiViess, b* . ~r t’* * tlemency of
the LiemcniintCov mo-. Flic scene must i
have been deeply alfec - g.—Boston Mo.
Jottr,
Tvro AVortr.x ukd fok Mcrukr.
The trial of M Knowls and Mrs. Sim
mons, for she inur,’ r of their husbands in
Wood county, Ohio has just terminated.
The former escaped, but the ■ -oof against
li*. • latter was 100 con* ‘usivc, and she has
1,, sent to the State -unatic Asy lum—
fc? insane it the *’ nc the offence was
cc-tiiodtted.
Weitrrn linik. —This institution, we j
are happy to Ivif n, t* r#euv*irrg Irorn its
rer< nl ileprf sim. Alrfa'ly Imn smog'***
incuts I'ccu on |* which Will enable it to re
deem its clrculd ion, and we hope in u short
lime In *tlubil l llu; ("ibliv, such an account
of it* affair* #n( mansgen enW l * w ill not
only restore it to pulilic coMldcnce, hut
prove it to be Ji it* resources, sound to the
core. The cikelution, wc sie informed is
but $C5,000, af>i its ejiectc fund*, specie
end specie Certificates, tVee
trrn <lrorgia>%
Murder.— w neglected to notice in our
last, a niurdei which was committed some
lim< during ifie session of the Superior
Court in tin uwii of Summerville, in the
new ('ouiiiyWr <‘hattooga. We are not
a ri) no in ted wjth the piirtlenler* attenuimt
on this act olidoodefisij- ffeport eay* that
a Mr. Hint |,ovejA- while lying on the
*huiu< r in Lome one of the stores was
; truck on till side of the bead w ith a draw
ing knife, wfiieh nearly severed lh< parts,
and caused death ill a few days. Ihe
blow wi*s ilifilt by a man iiitin<'l Hunter,
f„r some Irilinij offence, and who was im
mediately tsken into custody.
On VV< iliesd iy last, a company of pen
tlcman pan[e<! llirongh ibis place having ifi
cuit'id v in i> incii, one charged with tjia of
fence oi milder, committed on the person
of a geniieiti m from this Ht.ite by the name
offilovir. ‘l'he <th< r individual, if we
mistake not, wn* the son of the accused.
This man l-laver it appear* hail removed
a family to Alabama, in the mii jhborlmod
of W ctuuipkn, tind ahuut the time of hi*
leaving to rejoin hi* family in Georgia w as
waylaid and mjn Ji ld. lb.
A Sutinnul yum nntinn of Silk (irower*
is to be held in M city of Wuslangton, I).
C. on the 10th : .. at which it is expected
there will In date; licit from every congres
sional district ill Inc Union. This it is said
will be the moil numerous assembly ever
known in tlx* Untied States. The object
is to promut) Lbe failure and taunul.'ielurc
of ilk, ;ta it if-ftfimdllen* ili stiiW to be
come a icioht extennive ujtd important
branch of American industry. Arrange
ment* are making for the accommodation of
1000 delegates, end the exhibition of such
specimens of American manufactured silk!
it* many he brought to compete for the
prizes oflerd by the American Silk Society.
(Yen’ Article of Mcrchanilite. —There
was shipped in New York, on Saturday
on hoard thesti nibtiat John NV, Richmond,
which drriveij here on Sunday morning, a
common meet barrel, directed to Luther
Pollard, fl iston, Mass, with the letter V>.
Inclosed in bjrackcls After the arrival of
the bout at the depot, Lidia Point, one ol
the hands oh hoard, iliseov. id that the head
of the barrel wits not in its proper place,
and undertook to replace it. In doing so
It became necessary to take it out; when
tilt: barrel was found to contain the hotly of
a young female apparuntlv about *35 or 30
years of age, with nothing on except a
pair of fine, white cotton hose, marked
with u letter D.
‘ v <‘ nre mfoTrnssUtf ityjvWfNFfoliV that
tint person recently deceased, of small
statute with a delicate fr/lltie, anil long
bla*k hair, nnd was packed in the barrel
with straw.
We are requested by the coroner to -ay
that the body has been placed in a coffin,
deposited In a tomb, nnd that tiny friend of
the person may receive the necessary in
formation by applying to him.
Latfsi* Accounts From tiik (!hfro
krk*. The Ozark (Missouri) Standard,
contains accounts from Fayettevillo lo the
10th October, from which it appear* that
the commanding officer# at Fort Gibson
and Kart W >yne, have issued orders upon
the keeper of the military store* at Fayette
ville for an additional supply of arms and
ammunition, viz: for Fort Gibson, 132 mus
ket*! Fort Way ne. 100 musket* and bay
onets, 100 cartridge boxes attd belts, 100
bayonet scabbards and belts, 10.000 mus
kets cartridges, 10,000 title eariridguM
uml 500 musket, ilinu. The Htandavsf e’
serves, we wish to create no tfnneces*an
excitement, hut give the infiiWtiatiou as we
remw nk The*’matter may be settled
without any serious difficulty, hut we tire
compelled to say, that all the information
we have received favors the rontravv opin
ion. There tire 50,000 Indian w arriors up
on the frontiei, and it is impossible to fore
tell what will be the effect* of the first blow
which may he struck lit the event of union
among the different tubes, the force* of the
Government upon the frontier would he to
tally inadequate to the protection of the
citizens, and the militia must be looked to
a* the strong arm of defence.
A Sava?- /V-lifiysCetns to have been non
led by the desperate degi e misery to yvliif
Mobile is reduced. l.yiich law is now addeh
to tin’ catalogue of other crimes, and burning
at the stake, n is presumed, will be the (bush
ing touch. A young b.tr keeper named Cos
ling, of the ('it} llotH, Mobile, having lost his
“.diet of motley, which he was accustomed to
place at night under his pillow, some time ago,
threw out a hint, before the hotel was burnt,
that a Dulr h servuut girl in lie house had prob
ably taken it. A Dutchman present rt marked,
that a thing more probable was, that he him
self had burnt the hotel. Five persons, indu
'd tig the Dutchman, and disgraceful to relate
a highly respectable magistrate, and one or
two other citizens of good slam! : decoyed
Gosling, on the night of October 18th. to go
in a carriage with them. They tied him to a
bush, guxo him fifty stripes, anti then agreed,
in council,to6r fliVt to ashes. ’ The Hide
Company fortunately came up—and as the
city is under martial law, anesled the oflin
ders and carried them before e committee of
Safety ‘ m they “ere committed to jail
in deflit, v l $3,000 bail each. By last ac
count -at excitement “us produced, and
them threatened sumary execution.
We have late accounts, says the Alexandria
Gazette direct from “the Hermitage, 1 ’ in Teu
i -see, which represent General J. kson as
til Ins usual health, and his life likely to be pro
longed i t consequence of the excitement pro
duced by the result of the id tCtion in Ten
nessee. and the suspension of the Uauk.s—an
excitement which is grateful to his tempera
ment, and urn'-’ which he always thrives.
It i-rstimat ‘d, that more than three thou
sand persons were discharged from employ
ment, in the city of New York, on Saturday
last, for want of employment for them, ip con
seduenoeof the derangement of tk; monetory
concerns of the nation.
TH U M CMS BT/CO 6 K COVNT7 HEFAIp.
Maco* N#vgtnb< r Ik, iw'il)
ton AN MARK FT
It become# our duty to notice ihcilow nws.d
tendency of prices. Advi**#* from leverpoo!
to die ‘doth HopUim Jer, noth:* a decline there
of l 0, i*l —whfb tbe scarcity of money her#,
ami the Mr* nglhoned conviction of* large nop,
op, r ites against itsb :ing taken on *{>■.< u Ist lon i
I ‘n ull w.; cun learn, the pi :ent crop will
tm it out larger lli.m ever before known. This!
i* owing to the mtldfall -front has kept off five 1
week#heyowjtile usual lime the season has ,
been favorable fbr tWc openrng and picking out .
—and none lias been lost by btorma or rams, i
An extentive rain even now, by degtrnving
much ofllm unpicked cotton, would ftiateiislly 1
affect the aggregate of the crop.
Receipts of < ‘niton average i lo flflff ling* per
day. On one fitly last week, over a thousand 1
hags *v, re received. It is mostly stored. Pri- 1
ce* from wagons, 71 at-i cent* .
Telegraph.
Awi ri.!--On Friday night, one of the negro
IwurH s belonged to Mr. Jostah I)ick*en, of
this eon lit#, eaught fire, and was consumed lo
the :*romid : and, shock ing to relate, a valuable
negro man, with his wife and child, perished
in the flames-
Tub Wbathbh—! is very dry and dusty
yet. We had small shower on Friday morn
ing : fora few minutes it rained very hard, but
was “'ion over.
For four or five mornings past, the ground
his been covered with a heavy frost, together
with ice of considerable thickness.
Tam;ei.i Amii.no tub Cm i* ki . - Itv a
letter received lust evening, from Arkansas,”
say* the Hoonvilh* Kinigraut. of the 17th, “we
learn that the hostilities existing between the
Boss and Ridge parties, temporarily snrpress
ed, has again broken forth, and several individ
ual* have been killed. The letle.r, bearing
dull t; aiihiille. Sept. 23d, state, that on the
night previous, almul midnight, the Ridge par
ty crossed the Washington county line nnd
murdi rH lleng nnd two of the Ratliff of the
R,,*s party. Beng was sick when they imJ
and red linn. Hr is (c.td to h t* h’ vll a
man with lil* people The tnWi .ler of these in
dividual* has cail#ed , „n-lij ruble excitement,
ptie. Ridge party are flying to the while* for
promotion. Wlions it w’ill end t* uncertain,
hut it is believed that vengenee iti the order of
the dßy.”
Rbahouvbi.b Comh.aint.—The only prison
er in Nantucket jail has given the sheriff no
tice that unless the prison is repaired so as to
Jjni.ird him from the inclemency of the w heath
er, he cannot remain much longer.
PimttiA, (Tminois ) October, 12, intlO
The peaceful neighborhood of M oshington,
Tazewell county, was recently the scene ot
one of the moat diabolical nets ever perpelra
led. The particulars aro briefly these, gather
ed irom n gentleman who was on the spot the
! same day :
On Tuesday morning of lti*l week, Mr.
Qogar, a Frenchman, who had resided with
his wifuin Washington for two years past,
and with whom he was known to have had
several matrimonial quarrels, threatened Iter
so auvcrely u to cause tier to determine to
leave hi* roof the first opportunity. Hogar
having, after breakfast, repaired to his work
as usual, nt a tan yard in the suburb*, Mrs. II
•htainen a horse and set out for the house of
her brother at I’utridge point, intending to
claim his protection. On Jh<: wty.. s'a,
flrWkiisfmnd. He instantly returned lo his
house, look two pistols which he Imd purchas
ed fn I’eoirn the Saturday before, went in pur
suit of hi* wUu, uml overtook her u mile from
town. Seizing her with the fury of a fiend,
he dragged her from the horse to the ground,
dobbtraiejy drew u pistol uud shot her in the
head. At that moment aiming man approach
ed tm horseback, when Ilo:.'*r drew thu other
pistol uud fired another ball into the head of
it id victim. Hu then proceeded to load his
pistol attain, a# he walked away from the body
out on the prune. All tin* was done whilethe
young man was in sight, and who passed suf
ficiently ne,ar the sufferer tohear a groan which
ho supposed Was her hist. He hastened to
wards Washington, and thrnrxt moment heard
! another discharge from the pistol,
j As soon a* tie could make the horrid circum
stance known, several citizen# repmred to the
I place, and found Itogar weltering in In* blood
: w ith the up |>or part of In* fae<* tdo wen off by
i the contents of tho pistol, which he had him-
I self discharged in Ida month. Hue hit mf§
i cos not there. Incredible as it may 81 prat
she had survived the two justed shot, ha r
riwso jfMim ttw|*Pwrncl anJftatt to the rneaiewt
3 house, (Mr. Trimble’#) aquarWETa mile dis
tant. Bhe remembered nnd related distinctly
what passed until the first pistol was fired, but
knew nothing more until *lie found herself nt
the house spoken of. Surgical aid being had,
it was ascertained that the first ball did not
pas* through the skull, but was found in the
iiair, flattened by the resistance it bad met
with. The second bull had penetrated the
skull, end was found just within it, sp’Jiintwo.
Tho pieces were extracted with some dtfli
cully : in a few days the wound healed, and
M rs. 11. raised as it were from the grave, is
now in perfect health.
Hogar, a* already stated, was a Frenchman.
His wife is a native of Germany, about thirty
years of age, of sprightly manners, and rather
handsome person. They were married In
France about four years ago, had a child, still
living, three years old, and had been aliout
that length of time in this country. Jealousy
is said to have led the wretched man to the per
petration of this act of revenge, which, through
the mysterious agency of Divine proudenee.
ha* resulted in his ow n xb ith, and
of his intended victim.— Register.
From Vera Oatz — The hark Ann Eliza,
t apt. fti -coe, from Vera t’ruze. brings SIOO,-
LM in specie.
” e learn from Captain Hiseoc, that the
French brig Natade had just receiv ed on board
the last in-talemenl of the stUXi,t>) agreed to
’ lie paid to France by the Mexican Govern
ment.
The conducta conveying ike above money
to \ era Cruz from the capital not having arri
'ved the day- previous to that appointed for its
payment, the French Consul called on the
Commandant of Vera Uri. . and threatened to
protest the following day. He was answered
that there was no occasion for such proceed
ings, as the money was ready for him.
The Commercial Houses at Vera Cruz sub
scribed the amount immediately, and lent it to
Government until the Ooudueta should arrive, i
which was then on he road about 30 leagues ;
distant from Vi a Cruz. The money was
(laid by the French Consul on the day it be
came due.
No news from the Capital. The Republic ;
was in a state of tranquility. The Federalists
having been completely put down, the Cen
tral Government were more firmly established ,
than ever. Tbe Congress were proeeeding to ;
reform the Constitution, agreeably to the ex
pressed wish of the Ex-President. Santa An
na.
General Nelson, we understand, is to receive 1
the appointment of Principal Keeper o; the j
Penitential y.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS F GIIAW.es j
V J. Ml DONAI-D, ESQ.
Deliierei in the I hum of Jlept cte.ntat\ree >in
Vfedatj'luq, Sov. 9. 1839.
Rkixow-Crmca Regarding the oflioo to *
w hich I have b en ojHod by tho people, is x
liu .l roposed iu On: for their benefit, I prom
ise you that it shall be discharged in such
■winner as shall, i.t my jislgwival, best aflat
tnafe it.* object
Tho present is, in many respects au au*pi 3
cions time for calm rad wi*e deliberation
‘l'ne measnro# adopted by you for the ac
quisition of our territorial rights, carried out i
by the en*-rgy of vourown Executive, sustain
ed by the prompt and zealous cooperation of
the federal authorities, have happily term in#- j
ted a subject which has long been one of an
!>rv and embarrassing controversy with the
I (ieuertd (ioveriimelit, •
i ‘l7iit abandonment of the objectional le pol
. icy of a high, unnecessary, protective tariff,
and of the exercise of questionable and doubtful
Imwers by the .National Government, has been
followed by a *tatc of quiet and harmony in
i the Southern section of the Union, which is
! w ithout a precedent in the history of the Re-
! public.
The spirit of fanaticism too, which, fora
lime, wore an alarming aspect, and seemed to
i threaten danger lo the conlederacy itself, ha.*
been met and subdued by the solwr reflections
3 of the people, clearly demonstrating how safe- j
;,* “error of onmion mav be tolerated, when
| reason is left free to comfiat it.”
While this elate of tilings augurs well for
, the permanency of our political institution*. ,
it enables the State Governments to devote all ,
their faculties and energies to the improve-;
menl of the moral uml intellectual condition of >
the people, and lo such subjects as shall pro-,
3 mote their prosperity and happiness.
Whatever you undertake for the accom
plisment of these cardinal objects, and which ;
promises lo the people equivalent benefits foi ,
, btndens endured, shall have my support.
The power vested in the Executive arm by |
f'on-i Option uud “talutes pa--’ <t in pursu
it T.r the Inforcrno lit of the law shall !
3 be faithfully and impartially exerted for thi*
purpose ; but in the performance of this duty, ‘
I look with confidence to the aid which your ;
wisdom and patriotism shall give me—ln the ;
1 scrupulous observance of the law* by all go,l
j citizens*—and to their rigid administration by
; all public functionaries.
Undue excitement is, at all times, inimical
I to rational action, lad us then w hile engaged
’ in the public service, forget all those unkind
feelings and animosities which sometime#
j grow out of an animated political contest; let
3 a nobler rivalry for the general good assume
1 their place, and with the blessing of Him, in
whose hands ara Ilte (Jesiirtic* s f mbffßs, xvc
may hope that our labor* will be signalized by
“wisdom, moderation and justice,” and result
m the increased happiness of an approveing
! people.
A TALE UK CHIVALRY,
i 1 The Child of FJIe li* fought • well,
Ar Ina waapott hr waved * mniiir,
That joone he slew that eartish knight,
And lyde him on it* pl .yn* —The Childc
I of EIU.
In the early part of the reign of Henry the
Second of France, a famous combat w as fought j
between two squires of the court, named Jar
ruic and Cbntnigncrnie. Some word* of the
former —mpiermetore
,,Wt upon lus (Jttrnac *) step-mother, and he
) afterwards repeated them at court. When
Juntas heard of the calumny tiiat w as abroad,
; he came before Frauds 1 and declared that
; whoever hud giver birth to such a report lied j
m Ins throat.” A challenge immediately pas
! set! between Chataigneraie nnd Jarnac, but
s Francis forbade the combat. No sooner, how
| ever, did Henry 11. succeed to the throne.
than Jurnac renewed hi*challenge. The king
j assented ; lists were prepared at St. Germain,
land Henry and hi* court attended. Both
j champions having sworn to the justice of their
’ quarrel, the king gave the signal, nnd tho coiu
i bat liegaii.
The combatant* were armed in proof, and
fought on foot with sword and buckler. Jar-
I nac was a slightly formed man, and being op
; posed to a fierce, haughty, and powerful adver
i sary, a lively interest was felt in his behalf. It
was a goodly rite lo see how the sparks flew
; from theirsvvords nnd helmet*, with what care
j they fovned, and bow skilfully they availed
themselves of any uugarded opening. Now
j they traversed hi’ther And thither with sImPP
; quick steps, strikiff':. thiuuing, lprdiiig. ns
PW*y fowarumid receded ;
! and now was Jarnuc beaten back by the over
bearing force of hts enemy. Covering him
self with hi* buckler, lie retired before the
increnscing violence of Ins adversary, and cau
tiously watched for an opportunity wliicb
; might bo afforded by the other’s fierce haste.
1 At length by a luckey strokehe dealt Chatnig
j iterate a dreadful blow upon the leg, and com
pletely disabled him. He foil to the ground,
and Jarnac, standing over hint w ith his sword
3 pointed at his throat, required him to confess
3 calumnies he had uttered. This the wounded
man refused to do, and. therefore, hi* life be
-3 cattle justly forfeited to the conqueror, w ho, ■
i how ever generously placed it in the hands of
King Henry.
i The proud and haughty Chataigneraie, ntor
tilicd bv his unexpected defeat, refused to be j
spared, and on his wound being dressed, he
tore away the bundles, and died from effusion';
l of blood. Such was the judicial combat fought j
’ between two squires tn the year 13-47. ’I he ,
squire, lie it observed, was not the mere alien-:
dant of llje knight, us is vulgarly supposed ;
j nor was he always a candidate for knighthood, j
ns is frequently assumed by writers upon chiv
alry.
Thanksgiving-. —Jog says the reason pump
kin pies are always associated at the North
with Thanksgiving is. that no Yankee everhad
hi* belly full without feeling remarkably
grateful. This being so general a sentiment,
induced the early setlers to adopt the autumn
lor these measures of praise. This also ac
counts for superior ease w ith which men leave
sugar hogsheads, and piles of bunched onious,
to thank the Creator for his benefits, when the
pumpkin crop is a full one. He further re
marks, that the worst purgatory a minister
can preach to a Yankee, is a warn) place where
pumpkin pies are baked by wicked loafers,
who, after having sweatened their lives out
making them, are compelled to look hungrily
on, while the “faithful” eat them. Rather a
crusty punishment ire think.
Sheridan made his appearance one day in a
pair of new boo’s : these attracting the notice
of some of his friends. “Now guess,” said he,
•‘how 1 earn* by those boots?” Many proba
ble guessses then ;*ok place. No,” said Sheri
dan. - no—you’ve not hit it, noi ever w ill—l
bought them and paid for them.”
“If a girl were to fall in love with you.” said
a young lady to a corporal, “what would you
do ?” “Present arms ’.” replied he.
A Pedlar w ith his cart, overtaking another
of his clan on tile road, w as thus address, d: —
“Halloa, friend, w hat do you carry ?” “Drugs
and medicines,” was. the reply. “Good!” re
turned the other—"you may go ahead—l car
ry gravsloues !”
Flogging in the English Army.— \ re
cruit belonging to the94th Regiment, now j
•tationed iii Chester, was flogged on Thms- ; (
day fortnight baiween 6 and 7 o'clock in the j
morning tor disposing ot bra kit. The ( -Ik *- i
•crGaaittc siys he was sentenced to te reive
o hundred lash os, hut nature having giv- I
eu-say under the weight of pvin and ago
ny* Vtwee.n sixty sod aeventv only were
inflic* and. 111.- screams were he.ard 918*11-
ncy, a Balance of mile front the place of
puniahib-nt.—The blood ina down his
back in sweams, while in one or two in
| stances, the flesh actually flew off as the
drummer stosil with his reeking lash, which
heoerarifKisll) cleared with hi* finger. 1 he
recruit had l>ee only sixtnonls in the army,
fin Saturday iruF-ning last, at 10 o’clock
j two soldiers were subjected to this most :
debasing torture, ou the publick part of ■
the Tower of London. A fine young f< 1- j
low, named Jarnian, whose crime was in- 1
!*ulting his sergeant, received one hundred i
lashes without uttering a word or groan, ,
; although the punishment was unusually
! severe, the drumraers being changed every
ten lashes, instead of twenty-five, as hcre
-3 tofore, and the cat, tit* instrument of pun- .
ishrnent, very heavy. After the poor fel- J
l low had received the hsndned lashes his j
hark presented a mangle appearance, and j
i the blood poured down Ilia poison. On be- j
ing released a great coat was thrown over i
his lacerated body, and he was taken to j
the hospital. A* soon as the first man left j
j the square, the second man (Slade) a much
slighter person than the other, was called |
;to the front, lie was sentenced t- receive ;
! one hundred and fifty lashes. It was evi- j
dent that he did not possess the nerve ol j
the other man ; he shook so violently that ]
he was scarcely able to pull his jacket off
i and his teror u*evident to all. Upon be
j ing tied up he shook from head to foot, and
i tbe moment he was struck he began to
i shriek loudly, and earnestly called out
‘Mercy mercy!* which washeatd very dis
, tinelly all over the Tower. Slade no sooner
began to call out than the drums were bea
ten to stifle htacries, and re-echoed among
the walls. When about seventy or eighty
lashes had been inflicted, the poor fellow s
head fell on his shoulder, and it was Slip*,
posed he had fainted: but such was not the
case, as the commanding officer walked up
lo the triangle, and on looking him in the
fare ordered the drummers to proceed. At
this time, with the exception of the druin-
Mtcrs who were selected to flog it took all
the others to secure him, his back being
literally cut to pieces front his neck to his
loins.—his cries for merry were unavail
ing until a hundred lashes had been inflic
ted, when it was found that he was unable
to bear anv more, and he was ordered lo
be taken down. JJ. wus led away betwen
two of his comrades, a truly shocking
spectacle of suffering humanity.
Van Amhurgh Outdone. —l he linn em
peror, (as we suppose he must be called, to
distinguish him from Van Amhurgh,) Mr.
Farter, made hi* first appearance at Ast
t.y’ on Monday evening, ina piece entitled
“The Miracle, or Afghan, the Lion King.’
In the first act of thi* piece, Mr. Carter
fought with a tiger. The beast of prey in
the outset mastered the man and dragged
him from a platform down a flight of
and after a contest for superiority for some
time, the animal is mastered, and is led off
tame as a kitten. All this takes place on the
often stage, without the restraint of a cage;
i the tiger has the same latitude as all his
brother performers, uncontrolled. In the
second act he introduces the novel and beau
tiful display of a lion in harness, peaceably
nnd docilely drawing him in a chariot.
: The lion is a magnificent animal but meek
1 and mild, and seems to manage itself rath*
;or than be managed. In the third act he
| brought out a beautiful leopard, and played
with it, attached to a leading string, a* he
j would have done a lap dog. His pei sos-l
mauces. course, comprehended |JI the
! exMttimcnt* of thrusting his arms fflul legs
HWhe moutl# of the |irrttiirfE and all
1 that was vrtllCf ase, elegance, and
| perfect safety. Avnen the curtain drop*
! ped th# audience called loudly for the Lion
1 King, and be presented himself to receive
the congratulations of the house, leading
in his fa\oritc tiger, who partook of the
repast.
Fan Amhurgh Wounded hy a Lion. —
The audience at the Porte Saint Martin w as
last night much alarmed by the following
incident:—M. Van ‘'Ampurgh was be
ginning his exercises with a young lion,
when by some accident he hurt him, and
the animal turning sharply round wounded
hint in the leg so as to produce a slight loss
of blood, but M. Van Amburgh considered
it so little worthy of notice that he con
tinued his performance, and actually put
his head into the animal’s mouth afterwards
nor was the representation interrupted.
But after the fall of the curtain the audience
called loudly for the appearance of Atn
burglt, and the director came forwatd to an
nounce that he was then in the hands of
surgeons, and consequently unable to ap
pear; nor will lie, we understand, be able
to perform to-night. We mav take this
opportunity of sa) ing that Van Antburgh's
perioaent with the new lion, on Monday
evening, succeeded perfectly.
Awful Warning. —A Philadelphia pa
per gives an account of the execution of a
murderer, who, in his dying speech at
tributed the origin of his crime (through a
long course offices gradually leading from
this soursc") to the practice of borrowing
newspapers. Having indulged in this mean
and sordid habit, knowing that by every
act of the kind, he robed some poor jirin
ter, and snatched the bread from the mou
ths of hungry children, he become har
dened in iniquity, and fitted for the psr
forntance of any low and sneaking villany
of which human nature is cajiable.
Hair-brained. —A girl in England commit
ted suicide in September beeaus’ she could n't
turn her hair black. Something like Sappho,
the ancient red headed poetress. We have no
doubt her red hair caused her lo jump into the
sea !
Shallow Hoax. —A chap has been loafing
about the city for twoorthree weeks, begging.
—The principal point on which he rested his
claim to charity, was a wooden leg. fastened
to his knee, which was bent, leaving his foot
sticking out behind. A wag happening to;
route up with him. slily attached, and our loaf- j
er. rather than fall down when his leg left him,
stood straight up. as well as any one.
I.KOAL I IFF- O’, flit- MISSIsSIIT 1 ”
Extract of a letter from our Western
correspondent :
‘This tudicial district c.vnsprt.## six coun
ties. One Judge holds the etteuit Court
for the trial ol all criminal, common law,
(over fcbO) chancery cases -three
uratvi y ai it. each county -Rosily tTI
thclawyoio practice throughout the VTt ole
district, and tide from Court to court, u
company, (apropos riding. Imre, me.im*,
as in England, being on the ‘outside of the
critter.) The day after the adjournment
of the Court, wc all started ol together lor
the next—judge, lawyers, and all ; a party
often—distance, 33 miles. From this habit
of riding together from county to county,
j and pulling up at the same houses—being
■ bitten bv the same hugs--sleeping tn the
same bed, and drinking from the same
j spring, an intimacy and heartiness of good
i feeling and sociability gr°” up, o( which n<
; the north you know nothing.—Thus, on
i our ride, there being no tavern on the road
when we had accomplished halt the dis
tance, we turned a side toa fine spring in the
bushes, well known to all the ‘old sogers
of the party —alighted — and drawing trjjiu
i our capacious saddle-bags—(you don’t
know the article, l believe) our amply
stores of bread, beef and ham, made a meal
; that a dyspeptic Court st. lawyer might
| well envy.
Most of our lawyers are old stagers—
who have known the country in its infancy.
1 Oar judge is a first rate man. who, though
I quite young, has raised himscll to his pro
! sent station by his own exertions. He ha*
been every where, and seen every thing
,i.c. of western life. He supported himself
3 while gelling hi* prole*.ion, by shoving a
keel bootat 75cents per day—before that
by digging vaults—had danced the war
dance with the Cherokee* in Arkansas
shot panther, deer, and such small fry, ‘in
any quantity,’ as they say here.
He told me that he bad killed over 300
deer. How that would make one of your
Eastern Judges start! Speaking of Grave’s
answer to the Investigating Committee,
that he had hardly ever fired a bullet, Ate,
he said, that if die question had been put
to him) he could, in truth have replied
•that he bad shot more lend than any three
men in Kentucky could lift with levers.
Many of the others, too, arc old hunters
—and itt the evenings, after the Court ad
journs, they spint out their wild talcs of
border warfare, deer shooting, panthers
hunts, Ac, with nil Indian fight, or a stab
bing, by way of spies, till bedtime. I lis
ten! anil enjoy it much.—Practice is much
pleasanter here than that at Louisville, and
■ 1 have taken quite a fancy to the life 1 lead,’
i —Boston Journal.
The Duke of Wellington. —The fol
lowing aticrdole ofthe Duke of Wellington,
not generally know n, exhibits in a strong
highl the indefatigable perseverance and
foresight of the duke, and especially ex
onerates his grace from the charge raised
against him by many writers, of allowing
himself to be surprised by Bonaparte while
amusing himself at a ball at Brussels at
the time referred to: —At a dinner, a short
time since, the duke was asked, ” Has your
grace seen the pamphlet published in
America, by Ben, Grouchy, in answer to
Gen. Boy's attack on hint respecting the
manoetivers on the day previous to Water
loo ?” *‘l bavr,” answered the duke, “and
Grouchy has the best of if He could uot
move w ithout orders, and orders he cer
tainly did not receive. As to his ma
oeuvers, I know all about them. I was a
witness to them*’ “ You, ” exclaimed one
of the party; ” every one thought yrmr
grace was in Brussels.” “ I know they did;
but they were wrong, for on the evening in
question I and Gordon ( who was killed at
Waterloo) left Brussels, took a squadron
of hor-e escort, no one knowing us, and
joined Ac Prussian head quarters. I Pas
tmnnf whole of that night in conference
with Blucher, llulow, IP- York, and Klest
In the morning I observed to Billow, ‘IfI.
had an English army in the position in
which youis now is I should expert to be
most confoundedly thrashed.’ The attack
of Grouchy soon after commenced, and the
Prussians were defeated. I waited long
enough to see that event, and I then
thought it time to be off, and on the 17th
Bonaparte made that monstrous move
ment on my flank which was the com
mencement of the battle of Waterloo.” —
Marion. Alabama, 0< tober, 24.
We have the driest times here that I ever
knew in my life. Water is selling in the cane
brake at one dollar per gallon, and scarce at
that; but vve have plenty about Marion yet.
The Sufferers in Mobile. —The officers and
crews of the frigate Macedonian and sloops of
Erie, Levant and Vandalia, at Pensacala, have
made up a purse of &578, 25 for the Mobile suf
ferers.
Heavy Loads. —The Harrisburg Reporter
says: We noticed a locomotive in full flight
Uloiig the Lancaster rail road, the other day,
with a trutn of 17 double and single cars at
tached. On the day following a train depar
ted west with 14 well filled ears, fullowjpg
“the smoking horse.”
The Queen of England has paid off all tho
debts of her father, the late Duke of Kent, and
the creditors have passed a vote of thanks to
her Majesty.
Napoleon's Diamond Ring. —A superb dia
mond ring, which was worn for three years by
this extraordinary man, and of the value of
15.000 francs, has just been presented, togeth
er with an autograph letter, by one of the resi
dent ambassadors, as a present from bis sover
eign to Mr. Thomas Holloway.
Husking Corn Gratis. —Two fellows re
cently utteinped to steal a large quantity of
corn from a farmer in New Hampshire. They
were discovered and seized by him. who com
pelled them to do a day’s husking gratis, under
threat of exposure.
His Marine Majesty. —The Alfred, Captain
Sawyer, arrived at Newbaryport on Monday,
front a markerel cruise. Captain S. reports
that he saw the Sea Serpent off Boon Island,
2d instant—head ten feet above water; Sup
posing it to have been a boat, called all hands
—when near the ves*cl. it sunk under water.