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The growing importance of Ath ens, the state of parties in Georgia, and the agitation cf certain questions having a direct influence on southern interests; render it neces sary that the northwestern part of Georgia should have some vigilant, faithful sentinel always on the watch tower, devoted to a strict construction ofthe true spirit ofthe constitution, iiie maintainance of;he rightsand sovereignty •if the States, the retrenchment of executive j patronage, itfliuu, uuu a strict auv^.rmumnj : of all public officers; moderate, yet firm ant. ; decided in his censures, “ nothing extenuate or setdown ought in malice,” —to expose prompt- j Iv abuses aud corruption when and whereevr j discovered —such an one the undersigned pro- j ♦loses to make the Whig; while it will contain I the most authentic and important information i connected with our foreign and domestic relit- j pons, the latest commercial intelligence, ori- I tiinal articles, and selections from the mos- | gopular worksol the day in the various departl > inents of Agriculture. Literature at d the Arts. To Georgians the undersigned is conscious l,e appeals not in vain for an increase ol age —and he respectfully asks the friends oi constitutional liberty to make an effort, to ob tain subscribers. The Southern Whig is published weekly in j Athens Georgia, at Three Dollars per annum ; payable in advance, Three Dollars and fifty ; cents if not paid within six months, or Four j if not paid until the end of the year. J. W. JONES. PKODFECTI'D. | A T the late meeting of the Alumni of Frank ,< i lin College, it was unanimously resolved to ! be expedient to make arrangements to issue a Monthly Literary Magazine, to be called THE ATHENIAN. The unde.rsigneo were appointed by the So ciety a committee of publication and joint Edi tors of the work, until the next meeting of the Society. We have no interest in the work, ex cept that which we take in the welfare ofthe country and honor of the State. We, ofthe'; South, have too long depended upon foreign j parts forour Literature, and neglected our own j talents. We shall be weak so long as we think i we are weak: and dependent until we make es- , forts to be independent. We hope all the friends ■ of Literature m the State, and especially the | Alumni of Franklin College, will patronize the enterprise both by word and deed. State pride 1 tl>- love of Literature, our interest in the cause j of general Education, all call upon us to sustain ; an enterprise so necessary to our improvement, and the honor ofthe State. A S. CLAYTON. JAMES JACKSON, K. D. MOORE, WM. L. MITCHELL, C. F. McCAY, SAMUEL P. PRESSLEY, 11. HULL. - Tme Athenian shall issue monthly, on line , paper, stitched and covered in pamphlet form, , and shall contain sixty-four pages royal octavo, j Nothing derogatory to religion, offensive to any denomination of Christians, or ot any political party, shall appear in the Athenian. Its pages ■ shall be honestly devoted to general Literature, : the cause of Education, the Review of new j works, and notices of improvements in Science, ; Arts and Agriculture. Price Five Dollars per annum, payuble on the delivery ofthe first num ber. ©ixznv: sy’Lr>. gfi at m azr, . j rjiHE Subscriber would respectfully inform the public that he has ta- j en this Commodious establishment 4»qpa»iiS3*> situate on the North East corner of ; the Public Square and opened it for the accom- ' modation of Boarders, and Visitors. lie deems it unnecessary to add any thing in relation ttt the healthy situation ofthe Village, or the many virtues of the adjacent Spring, both of which have been fully tested. For the comfort of those who call, his best efforts shall be brought into requisition. J. W. SHAW. Ginesville, Geo. May 13, —2—6 t The Augusta Sentinel, .Southern Recorder and Federal Union, will each give the above 6 weekly insertions and forward their accounts lor payment. M NOUR months afterdate, application will be ' S' made to the Honorable Inferior Court efl Madison county, when sitting for Ordinary pur- i poses, for leave to sell the real Estate of Robcit Williams, Sen’r. late of said Conntv deceased. DAWSON WILLIAIffS, Adm’r. I Feb. 2-5,—13—1m , zi 1 y a /f\i 11 Ji > IYI ilXl Ha I vfc IB x YIS l i ' : Aj : J iJJf ‘I 'Bva i¥ :i il y / :S ’1! Bi *m »S *B ’B!x 01 i nZs# <9 ?§! > a iB M >n jiwmurih viy 'll I!b 'm I ’HI i§3 ‘cl 'ral H I iWr I 's! Nil ‘3 ’ta 19 I W YF <HL ’H I *m. ‘.lll > I ’OL ’B la !i W 'si !O \'W \ '«L ’Wk. Irl 1 1 >»l !H I !gS sf l <y II From the Southern Litt. Journal and Monthly Review. A LAMENT. OVER A FAILING MUSICAL VOICE. Where art thou, friend of former years, Thou pleasant voice of song, That gushed from out my inmost heart In carol soft or strong ? Oh, I remember still thy lays, Trilled eff with thoughtless glee, Amid my toys or garden walks, Or 'neath the spreading tree. I can recall the nursery song That soothed my kitten’s cries, And that low note that sought to shut My dolly's staring eyes. And I remember, as a dream, My mother’s tender pride. When calling her young singing bird To warble by her side. With head erect, hands clasped before, And curtesyJiib-'-U'ain’J, I gave the shrill, ambitious song With voice unduly strain'd. And humbler, holier notes than these, Come back through distant years, The hymning at that mother’s knee, Who bless'd me through her tears. The higher feeling rose and gre w With strong, profound control, Till rich romance swept, o’er my life, And lent my voice a soul. On sunny hills, in woodland depths. The silver stream along, 'Mid meadow-flowers and orchard fruits, I poured the dreamy song. And when the moon, with chastened smile, Look'd downward on mine eye, And her soft radiance thrill'd my frame, It rose in ecstacy. Next Friendship woke my heart's young tune, As, hand by hand still prest, Her eyes, like thoseof cherubim, Look’d deep witlrin niy breast. And Love stole near, and as he stirr’d That heart's unruffled sea, Tears, smiles, and sighs alternate rose, Struggling for melody. Who hath been young, uor own'd (hat love Is like the fabled ray, Waking the spirit into song As breaks, life’s sunny day ? Then came the carol, here and there, Heard, from the busy wife, — Snatches of song that lighten up The toils and cares of life. And then the gentle lullaby That sooth'd the babe to rest, As, sinking like a twilight flower, He nestled on my breast. Unconscious of the eyes that gaz’d With fond devotion there, Unconscious of the broken song. That form'd itself to prayer. Nor be thy sacred song forgot, i•- • • • 1 The la} - of evening penitence, The morning hymn of praise. Nor yet th’ inspiring-holy swell Os Sabbath’s blessed chime, ’ Which bore, upon its upward wing, The cares of earth and time. Oh, truant voice of former song, Return, return again I My heart is young, awake once more Thy glad and solemn strain.. The bright round hills are standing still, i he woodland depths are green, The orchards glow with autumn fruit, And streamlets glide between; The lovely moon still mounts her car, Flooding the earth and sea, — Voice of my youth, on that bright ray Why glid’st thou not to me ? Friendship is true, and love still warm, I And Sabbath hymns arc sung,— With passionate appeal I ask, Why leave my lyre unstrung ? ( How silent! —but methinks I hear A whisper from afar, That tells me we shall meet again Where new-cloth'd voices are ! And mine, mine own, will sound once more Amid the eternal choir, And swell in loftier, sweeter strains, » To some celestial lyre C. G. From the Southern Litt. Journal and Monthly Review. A Day at Summerville. “ Where are you going?” was asked ofme a few mornings since, as I was about stepping ' into cue ofthe cars at the rail road depository. I “To Summerville,” was the reply. “Take i care, and don’t sleep there,” was rejoined by ! my cautious friend, “or you will get the couu- I try fever.”* I then asked some questions as ,to the topography ofthe place, but my inqui ries were fruitless, as the person of whom they were made had never been there. To Summerville I proceeded, and put up at that admirably "'ell kept house at the deposito ; ry. It was not loiig before a friend called on me, and wished to tuke me home with him, . which I civilly declined. Before I retired to j bed, I inquired about the musquitoes, sand flies, ! the state pt the heat at. night, ike. All my in ! qutries were answered as 1 w ished; but, I j was an unbeliever. At the usual hour I retir | cd to my chamber, and found every thing in ; beautiful style, and in excellent keeping with the fare below'. I was not long in bed before i I fell asleep, from which 1 awoke about three I o’clock from the sensation of cold. After pul ling up the bed clothes around me, I again slept until seven o’clock, without moving. I rose from bed refreshed anijOkgoruted, and ! enjoyed the bracing air oling. How unlike to the hot, swelleriflpf j thought 1; aud how wideWjSrWbut were my ; feelings! ■OMF i After breakfast I sallied fomto take a more I extended view of the village. The breeze that i swept through the boughs ofthe long-leafed [ incs, scat forth a sound not unlike the monoto- ■ nous roar of the ocean’s surf, but more soft and more tranquil'ziug. The wild bees were div ing into the cups of the lilies and lupins that grew along the road side ; whilst the white goats were browsing along the borders of a gur-ding stream that winds through the vil W hilst I was noticing the singular architec turc of some of the dwellings, my attention I w as arrested by the soft aud trembling notes ol | * “ Country Fever’’ means nothing more than- i remittent, fever. The inhabitants ofthe towns ; and healthy villagesofthe lower country being ; pre-eminently liable k this disease, should they ; sleep on the adjacent plantations, or in the ma j I;u ia district during summer and autumn, — [Ed. “WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT DEEN DELEGATED, A NILIFJCATIOH. OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY.” Jeffei'SOn. ■ ■ the harp. 1 approached near the lattice w hence the music caine, and heard the following lulla by brea'hed in a tone of the most impassioned tenderness and angelic sweetness ; List, oh list I my dear one, The, mock-bird’s singing sweetly; Oh, when will you, my fair one, With such music greet me ? Oh ! sweetest, loveliest, dearest, Thy mother’s blue-eyed fairest! The robin's note, dear! hear now, And now the whistling plover; List to the turtle’s dear vow, The truest, tendcrcst lover. List! sweetest, loveliest, fairest, Thy mother’s blue-eyed dearest! The sporting kid is bleating, The deep-toned horn is blowing. The huntsmen now are meeting, On the wild chace they are going, Smile sweetest, loveliest, fairest, Thy mother’s blue-eyed dearest. Thy father on the hunt goes, Sweet his horn is sounding; His aim is death, the stag knows, If near him it comes bounding. Oh sweetest, loveliest, fairest. Thy mother’s blue-eyed dearest! I had lately listened to Major on the piano, | Schmidt on the violin, Norton on the 'trumpet, j besides being at sundry •concerts ia tho city, ! but there was more of real music in the above j lullaby than in till of them put together. Hero ! | was an association that made the music inspi- I ration itself. A charming young wife, her blue-eyed pledge of love before her, looking smilingly in her face, w’bilst she carelessly touched the chords of the harp,—discoursing to the dear little innocent, upon the melody of the wild birds, and yet thinking of the prowess of her husband in the cliace. There was no studied manner, affected tone, orpnm position, to take away from the effect. It was (he svm- , p.’.thy of heart in holy union with the best af fections of our nature. After a hasty survey of a part of the village I returned to my boarding house, at which I found several of the inhabitants enjoying the luxury of a fine piazza. Time passed merrily on, and about two o’clock, my friend, with whom I was to dine, called with his carriage to take me home with him. On arriving, he was met at the door-way by a lovely child of about two years ofage, his first pledge of wed ded love, whilst another slept the slumber of angels in a cradle near. He was happy in tho society of his children. He had a Carolina heart, which gave dignity and grace to the childish sports in which he indulged with the eldest. At dinner the wife was introduced. ; In her deportment there was neither pride nor 1 ostentation. Her modesty was without re- | serve; her well cultivated mind, combined ! with the roseate bloom of youth and the seduc tive influence of beauty, superinduced neither ! vanity or self-importance. The honors of tho ) table were performed with that ease and ele. : gance which good breeding always inspires: < Suu x luii no live iiuui iuaiFa.ui(, as ii i was in the midst of my own household, indulging in a I ♦atnily dinner, opihc domestic hearth- ! stone. In a word, every thing was in accord- ! ance with Southern hospitality. The dinner was like all the dinners of the I Carolina planter, superabundant not only in tho ■ substantials, but the luxuries ofthe season.— i The dessert which followed, was well com pounded,—and the oranges, and other fruits j and nuts that closed the banquet, were well se- ; lected. After dinner, some friends and villagers ; came in by invitation. A table and chairs ! were placed in the, yard, under the shade of a ' clump of oaks, and the luxury of a Spanish ci j gar and a rich glass of Madeira was indulged i jin. Let the Italian boast of his Lachrymae j • Christi, the Frenchman extol the delicate Ila- j j vor of his Vig de I’Etoile, or the Swiss .Vigne- ! ron stng the praises of the purple juice that J j flows from the sides of the dark frowning Jura; j j—a good glass of well ripened Leacock is su- ! j pcrior to them all. I need not say that Time’s ; wing appeared to me to be redoubled in vigor, I ; but it is nevertheless true. The summons to I j the village club-house (this being the night oi' I j their weekly meetlag) broke in upon us tiuusti- ’ ‘ally soon. Here we enjoyed again the rich I I gifts of the rosy god, whilst the prospectsol’ j the growing crops were discussed, in which ' discussion no jealousy or rivalry was exhibited, ! to mar the delightful confraternity ol’ feeling . so much to be desired, but so seldom ’found in ! small villages. From the club-house we retir- I ed to the hospitable mansion of one ofthe party, I where a hot supper was succeeded by a co . 1 pious libation ofsparkling charnpaigne. Here again was evidence of that old fashioned Caro- ! liua hospita.ity, which I have ncvei seen equalled elsewhere. In the Southern States i it is indigenous, in all other countries, exotic. . i Our guest was a fine sample of kindness and j ; I generosity, which was enhanced by tho fortiter ■ jin re, as well as the suavitcr in nwclo. No j village curfew, with babbling laruin, broke in upon the festive board, whilst lite fairy woofol' Arachne wound around convivial and congen ial hearts a web so strong, that separation seem ed impossible. Time hurrying on into the abyss of eternity, left no impression upon the sparkling bowl, and the silent watches ofthe i night passed stealthily away. When the gol- I ! den links that entwined us were broken, let ; j some future historian record, for I am unequal ' to the task. The following day was appro-j ! printed for hunting, in which sport I joined, 1 i and a description of which I will give. lie who has never experienced the early [ . ; hours of morning in a Southern latitude in the i ! month of July, could not well conceive the poo- ' i try in the expression of Walter Scott, who de. [ | scribes a listless stillness ofthe winds, by the J beautiful figure, “ The aspen slept beneath the calm !’’ , Such was the inoiniug ofthe projected hunt. I Although it was not the regular day for that ; arnus«meut; and although many ofthe party had ; : I been out in the chase the day before, yet fur my j i accommodation and amusement the hunt was I I determined on the previous evening. Just be- I lore the hour of breakfast, the huntsman’s l orn I was heard, bursting upon the solemn stillness ofthe morning. From every direction the re- I verberation came, and at lite last dying notes, it seemed difficult to determine whence the sound proceeded. Such is the shrill sound of the rattle-snake when it notifies you ofdattg< r. it breaks with such unwelcome and incessant, ri'igiiigitt your ears, that you tire wholly una- i bio to point out the spot u hence the sound pro- ’ ceeds. Not so with the practised ear of the | hunter, who at once knows, by the peculiar > r note of the horn, who is the owner and the | winder. 'J he beagles respond to the blast; ’ throughout tho village, and lend their deep tones I Ito the echoing soumj. ! n quick succession the i . j first s'Jmiß'JUir of preparation is attswcml by J ATHEYS, GFxOR&ffA, SATURDAY, .HAYS' 3, 8837. I all the huntsmen, and He rich ami varied notes ofthe different horns, muses the blood to thrill in anticipation of the ddights ofthe sport about lo be indulged in. like sensation be not the same as that produce! by the simultaneous sound of the shepherd) horn in the Grisons, j when the lust rays ofthe sun are departing j from the hill tops, and (very knee bows to the t earth in holy praver to the Author of all good, ‘ it is not the less exhileating and seductive to j the sportsman. Tbereis general’y a particu | lar place for assembling and when nearly all j have met, the absentee! are notified By a long and deep blast from tie horn to speed on.— When all are present, aid the usual salutations over, it is pleasant to the old and expe rienced dogs scenting each other, and wagging their tails in recogntliot of mutual toils in the deep swamps ami thicliets where they have pursued tho bounding sttg. A short consultn- I tion settles the directiet; of the hunt, vi hen j slowly all move off, followed by the drivers, ! who are well mounted and furnished with a ; Coleman whip, the shrill crack of which, serves I not only t<» govern the pack, but frequently to i compel the deer to alter an untoward course. ; As soon as a covert is reached where it is sup posed the deer is concealed, th.<e who direct, j the pack ride in, encouraging the dogs, halloo ; ing frequently, that not only the dogs but the j huntsmen may know where they are, and what I directions they should pursue. As soon as the ; covert is entered, the company separate, taking I different sides of it, whilst some ol the most ; active gallop on to the point where it tertni nates. If there should be a start, (the term used for putting up the deer,) it is announced by the fortunate dog that discovers the game, .in a note of ami rapid tongue, should the deer he seen or tha seem be hot; and in a few seconds the whole pack join in, which, to the keen sportsman, is the most delightful music, but to the untuned ear, it might well resemble the Confusion of tongues at the Tower ofßabel. Each, sportsman gives immediate attention to the pack, ami governs his movements accord ingly. An often h inted deer becomes extreme, ly sagacious, and when running fast, depends entirely upon its scent to warn it ofthe hunter. But when it is still, it draws largely upon its power of vision, which is very great. Those that have entered tie covert, now press for ward, hallooing loud uid frequent, occasionally in stentorian voice, saying, “ mind !” When the sportsman hears this caution from the dri ver, ho knows the dee- is up, and in the right direction for some of the party. Unless the pursuit, is very close, before breaking from the covert, the deer will stop suddenly, and by the joint powers of scent and sight, endeavor to discover the presence of iimt,. If he be ad monished by either of these faculties that the j hunter is near, he doubles suddenly aud tries i another point by which he may gain the open j land. 11 danger be discovered here, he doubles j again, am] takes to a different place. Should ; there be danger in all directions, he makes a j desperate cflt» tt o p ass tb c drivers and the ! pursuing pack by winning back. ’Tis now the I expert driver showskis skill. Every effort is ; and cracking his whip, endeavors to turn the i timid deer. S unetimea he is successful ; but I • an oid buck vutl not be diverts 1 from his pur- I pose, whenever he has discovered the limiter jin ambush i:i ail other directions. He now j braves tha driver and Lis « hip, and ifsuccess j lit! in gaining the open ground, leads off in ‘ spkndid style, bounding from the earth with j the most nervous elasticity. Tho only care ’ the driver then has, is to slop the pack, which i is always difficult when the kennel of several ; hunters are united. As soon as this is efi’cct : ed, the party move on to another covert. But if the deer be forced from the covert, the ( contest then is with the hunters. Speed is the only weapon of defence upon which it relies. 1 But what speed can avail against the winged I shot from otic of Manton’s best twisted double | barrelled guns ? The Southern hunter is very j skillful, and seldom misses the object at which jhe aims. He is also a good rider, (which is j very important in the chace,)and can iuvaria ; bly tell what will be the run of the deer, and i by timely speed is enabled to intercept the game. We had no filar! itt the first drive, and pro ceeded ton second, where we were more suc cesglul. Shmtly afn r entering it, one of the pack gave tongue in a very slow and deep mite. This evidenced that the scent was cold, whilst it proved the game had been there. Iti a short time the notes were more frequent, and near the tcr:::ineti'?‘i oftlw covert a fine-doe, lit the • language of tl.o sportsman, was jumped, or put up. One ofthe party was in shooting dis tance, and aimed the deadly tube with mortal effect. The horn was sounded, and all as sembled around the bleeding victim. After it j was disemboweled, it was hung up in a tree to j betaken away when the sport of the day was J over. If the driver should take it behind him, ! it would retard his movements too much. Two j more drives were made, and another doe and a ! fawn were killed. The hunt was then ended, \ and I hastened back to the village to take the j rail road cars for the citv, to be again annoyed j by the dust, the rattling of carts and drays, ; mosquitoes am! sand flies. Is it not strange that Summerville, which is j free from all these evils, which boasts of an ; excellent hotel, admirably kept by Mi s. Cram- j er. the most delightful springs of water, a pure ; air, a refined and hospi'able society, is scarce- I ly evur visited by the inhabitants of Charles* i ton, although it is but two hours’ ride on the j rail road ? Strange as it may seem, it is ne- j vcrthelcsstrue. The £ i 8» hapa rll •s. The following from a late periodical,, will be particularly interesting, at this moment, to cur rcadeis: “An acquaintance u iih the family ol Na poleon, was not among the least of the ind tce nients that prevailed with us to stop a whole month at Florence. Four branches of the fal len dynasty were domiciled in this delightful capital. Prince De Montfort, the ex-king of Westphalia ; Princess Survilliers, ex-queen ol Spain; the Princess Lipona, ex-queenof Na pies; ami Prince <!• St. L u, the cx-king ol ‘ Holland; from each of which Yes we were j Honored with the kindest attentions. The Westphalian chief is strikingly like to Napo- ; leon, only much thinner. 'Che princess remin- ; <lcd me of the charming affability of the Lan- [ gravine of Hesse Homburg. Prince Mont- ' fort has two sons, the eldest of whom Ims been some time at the military college at Slulgard ; ; his second son, Napoleon, a youth of 12 years ; of age, the very image ol the emperor, re-1 mauied with his fatin.r, who with an only sis- I ter, the Princess '■Liiilda, composed his fami ly. The Princess Matilda is about sixteen’ years of ago, and one of the most lovely ami i accomplished of lu r sex: English, too. in! her English too in her style ol ■ b a’ ly, and epeakmg our language like a na- | 11 tive. I have said young Napoleon is ths im- ; I age of the emperor, nor is the resemblance ! confined to his person and features. He has I the same quickness and point in his remarks. ■ I asked him if he spoke French. “V 4hy not,’ j said he, “ I am a Frenchman.” I apologised I in French for not speaking with more fluency, “ How.so,” said he, “ when you arc speaking so well?” You find none of tho frivolities about this youth that cleave to Loys of his age : and in every other respect, lie is as well man nerd as the most accomplished man of the world. lam much mistaken, should a good opportunity offer, if this youth be not heard ol yet. The soires f the Prince de Montfoit, were amongst the most select as well as splen ( did in Florence. * * * * Poor Louis, the ex-sovereign of Holland, ; lingers in a deplorable state of health —half j parallysed—and lives quite in retirement; uc- j ver sJcing any body, with the exception of ! his own immediate family, or an intimate friend, j Yet when this best natured of beings under- ; stood we had a wish to be presented, he im- | mediately fixed a day for the purpose, and re- i ceived us with a kindness of manner altogeth- ; er peculiar to himself. Princess Charlotte, j the daughter of King Joseph, who had been j married to the eldest son, did us this kind office. [ We arrived before the princes, and found him ; j looking on at a gatno of billiards. He imme- | diately rose, and carrying us into an interior ■ apartment, entered info conversation. The ' princess was presently announced, and, on en- I taring the saloon, the amiable Louis got up and taking both of her hands in his, remained | for some time apparently overcome by an over- ; powering emotion. The reason was after- j wards explained. The day happened to be j the anniversary of her marriage with his son ; ' whose untimely fate is so well known; and his infirm state of health was unable to bear up ngEA’t the feeling which her presence ex- j cited. The overflowing of goon ixcnus a m-art [ on this occasion well accords with the charac- | ter of the man who refused to wear a crown : rather than become the oppressor of his sub- j jects. The Lipona, sister of the emperor, I who is still commonly addressed as Queen of | Naples, is a woman of the rarest fascination j of manner, and her palace the rendezvous ol j all that is gay and illustrious in the capital ot > Tuscany. Her likeness to her son, Colonel ; Achilles Murat, struck me as quite remarkable; j and the more, as Achille is so very like to Na poleon ; though what may sound paradoxical, his mother has positively not one feature in common with the emperor. The title of Li pona, which the princess has assumed, is a li -1 tera] retention of her claims as Queen of Na ples, or Napoli, ti e syllables being only rever sed. She never formally abdicated her right to the crown. Murat, as every one knows, was put to death without having consented to any act of abdication. The princess encoun ters her reverses with the most philosophical indifference: apparently the very happiest of the happy; commanding equally the love and admiration ot all who arc honored with her uuu snuru uui vy./. 1 sation. ■ In an apartment of her palace, ttd {joining th" great saloon, is deposited, in an en closure of glazed frame work, festooned with his orders of chivalry, a piled trophy of the arms presented te the hero ofthe “haughty plume,” by the different sovereigns who were anxious to pay him their homage—swords, ri fles, carbines, daggers, lances, all of the most costly workmanship, especially a cimiter from Achmet Bey, magnificently studded with bril liants. The special sword, too. which he bore through all his battles, is ornamented on the hilt with miniature enamels of the Queen and her children ; and in a vacant space of the ar morial enclosure, lies, in modest obscurity, the immortal plume itself. '* * * In a small apartment of the princess’s bed room, there stands, on an elevated pedeslal. the bust of Murat. None but tho elite of her acquaintance are allowed to approach this hal lowed little temple, the shrine of the idol of her pride and affections. When we were ad milted, the bust was brilliantly radiated by lights, shedding a solemnity which struck me as fur more imposing than could be produced by the most sombre sepulchral style of deco ration. Flowers, and flowering shrubs, of the choicest beauty, were placed about the figure, uniting their graceful shade over the brow and forehead. —The impression of solemnity may probably be accounted for by the gay contrast of these flowers und brilliant lights, with th j awful image of death. This gratification was reserved for the last evening we hud the hon or of passing at the Princess Lipona’s. On the same occasion we were delighted with the w’ell rcco lected tones of Catalini’s voice, in a ’ duet with her daughter; and we visited her, I next day at her villa, within a few miles ot j Florence, where she is sumptuously lodged, j and enjoys the green autumn of her days in : i great comfort, respected by every body, and unwearied in deeds of charity and usefulness. 1 I have a pleasure in speaking about Catalini, i if it were only for the devotion she feels for | England, which amounts to a passion, and is j ; shown in every thing she says or Joes. Cata l lini in tact swears by England ; she has Eng. ; j lisb grates, English carpets, English chairs, ' English bed-steads aud curtains ; and the beds | j are covered with our counterpanes. She ne- ; ver speaks of England but with enthusiasm : 1 ' and it' her arrangements will permit, she does ; not despair of passing the remainder of her : life on our shore. Catalini is an universal fa j vorite in the best society at Florence on ac j count of qualities that will long survive her ! ; voice ; for it need hardly be remarked that her ; j vocal powers arc a little on the wane. Sir A. B. Faulkner. The First of September. A FRAGMENT —BY THOMAS HOOD. Journal of Proceedings on. the Ls of Sept. ult. Edited by Jonathan Duggins, Esq. Up at six—Told Mrs. D. I’d got werry ’ pressing business at Woolwich, and off to Old | I Fish-street, where a w erry sporting breakfast, i ! consisting of jugged hare, partridge pic, tally- ; ' ho-sauce, guii-powdcr tea, und caetcra, vos laid j ; out iii Figgins’s ware-ouse ; as’edidn I choose ; j Mrs. F. and bis young hinfant family to know he voi-a-goin to hexpose himself with tire harms. After a good blow-hout sallied forth with our i dogs and guns, namely, Mrs. Wiggin’s Fiencli i poodle. Miss Selina Iliggin’s real Blenheim i spaniel, voting Hick’s ditto, Mrs. Figgin’s pet j lull-dog, and my little thorough-bred terrier; f j all which had been smuggled to Figgin’s vare-1 - I ouse the night before, to prewent domestic dis- I ' agrceables. ; Got hinto a Paddington ’bus at the Bank. ; j i?ow vith tiger, who objected to take dogs, un-, ! less paid hextra. Hicks said as ve’d a right j Ito take ’em, and quoted the hact. Tiger said | ! the hact only allowed parcels carried on 'the lap. Accordingly tied up the dogs in our pockct’ankcrchicfs, and carried them and the guns.on our knees. Got down at Paddington ; and, after glasses round, valked on till Vc got into the fields, to a place which Higgins had baited vith corn and penny rolls every day for a month past. Found a covey of birds feeding. Dogs werry heager, and barked beautiful. Birds got up and turn ed out to be pigeons. Debate as to vether pi -1 geons vos game or not. Hicks said they vere made game on by the new hact.—Fired ac ' cordingly, and half killed tWo of these, vich half fell to 'he ground ; but suddenly got up again and flew off. Reloaded, and the pigeons j came round again. Let fly a second time, | and tumbled two or three more over, but didn’t ' bag any. I Tired at last, and turned hinto the Dog and ; Partridge to get a saack. Landlord laughed, ;and basked how ’.o vos hoff for tumblers. I Didn’t hunderstand him, but got some walua ’ ble hinformation about loading our guns, vich . he strongly recommended mixing the powder j and shot well up together before putting hinto 1 the barrel, and showed Figgins how to charge his percussion; vich being Figgins’ first at ' tempt under the new system, he had made the mistake of putting a charge of copper caps ' hinto the barrel, instead of sticking von of ’em I atop of the touchole. Left the Dog and Partridge, and took a north-easterly direction, so as fi r to ’ave the ! adwantage of the vind on our backs. Dogs getting wery riotous, and refusing to hanswer i to Figgins’ vhistle, vitch had unfortunately got . a pea in it.—Getting over a hedge hinto a I field, Hicks’ gun haccidentally hexplodqd, and I shot Wiggins behind: and my gun going hoff i hunexpectedly at the same moment, singed | avay von of my viskers, and blinded one of Imy heyes. Carried Wiggins back to the hinn; j dressed his vojnd, and rubbed my heye vith ■ cherry brandy, aud m/ viskers, vith bear’s ; grease. Sent W. home by a short stage, and I resumed our sport. | Heard some pheasants crowing by the side ’of a plantation. Resolved to stop their cock adoodledoing, so setoff ata jogtrot. Passing 1 ; through afield of bone manure, the dogs un fortunately set to vork upon ths bones, and vc I couldn’t get ’em to move a step further at no ! price. Got vithin gun-shot of two of the j birds, vich Higgins said as vos two game cocks; but Hicks, who ad been to Vestminster Pit, said no sitch thing; as game cocks had got short square tails, and smooth necks, and long military spurs; and these had got long curly j tails, and necks all over hair, and scarce any ; spurs at all.—Shot hat ’em as pheasants, and believe ve killed them both ; but heairing some ’orrid screams ceme out of the plantation im mediately haftcr, ve hall took to our ’eels, and ran a Yay, vithout stopping to pick either of ’em up. • Arter running about two miles, Hicks called out to stop, as he had hobserved a covey . of vild ducks feed.ng on a pond by the road s side. Got behind a haystack and shot at the ducks, vitch svam avay hunder the trees. Fig- ! nwbuuLorvd lu esur?iinLl«u duvvn the bunk, and k'/uk out this ’una with the butt-end of his gun. 11 unfortunately the bank failed, and poor F. tumbled up to his neck in the pit. M; de a rope of our pockethandkerchiefs, got it round his neck, and dragged ’im to the Dog and Doublet, vere ve ’ad ’im put to bed, and dried. Werry sleepy vith the hair and hexercise ; so hafter dinner took a nap -a piece. Woke by the landlord coming to know as ve vos the gem’mun as ’ad shot the hunfort’nate nurse, maid and child in Mr. Smithville’s plantation. Swore ve knew nothing about it, and vile the landlord vos gone to deliver our message, got hout hos the back window, and ran avay across the field. At the head of a mile, came sud denly hupon a strange Sort of bird, which j Hicks declared be the cock-of-the-woods. j Sneaked behind him apd killed him. Turned ’ Lout to be a pea cock. Took to hour’eels [ again, as ve saw the lord of tho manor and two of bis servants, vith bludgeons, coming • down the gravel valk towards us. Found it j I getting late, so agreed to shoot hour vay ’ome. ! Didn’t know vere ve vos, but kept going on. ; At last got to a sort of plantation, vere ve saw j a great, many birds perched about. —Gave ’em ' a broadside, and brought down several. Loa- j ded again, aud brought down another brace, j Thought ve should make a good day’s vork of ; it hat last, and vos preparing to charge agin, t ven two of the new police came band took us . hup bin the name of the Zoological Society, j in whose gardens it seems ve ’ad been shoot ing. Handed oft' to the Public Hoffice, and werry heavily fined, and werry sewerely re primanded by the setting majistrate.—Coming ! away, met by the landlord ot the Dog and | Doublet, who charged us vith running hoff vithout paying <!tir shot; and Mr. Smithville,' who haccused hits hos manslaughtering the . nurse, maid and child ; and, their wounds no j being declared himmortal, ve vos sent to spend the night hin prison—and thus bended my last j First of September. From a London paper, THE OLD SOUTH-SEA SCHEME The following particulars of the good- or bad j fortune ofthe stockholders, we find preserved j in an old English Magazine: . ! A married ma i of the ago of sixty, after | portioning off his setts and daughters, secured ; as he thought, for himself and wife, £IOOO j per annum South Sea stock; and with this j idea went to Bath, bought a house there, and j I proposed settling for life in a contented way. ' Upon the first great fallofstock lie began to be | alarmed—it was at £IOOO when he left Lon I don, and it fell to £3OO, He accordingly left bath with an intent to sell out; but before he ar- j rived in London, then four days journey it fell | to £'2so. It was too low, he thought, to sell then—and ho lost all. Two maiden sisters, being original proprie-, tors, when the stock got up to £970 were ad. j vised to sell out. The eldest sister agreed; the other was for continuing, at last the former pre vailed and they sold out their stock, which amounted to above £90,000. They then con sulted their bn ker bow to invest the money; ho advised them to buy navy bills, which were at £25 per cent discount. They accordingly bought in, and in two years after received the whole of their money from government. Thus . they had not only the luck to sell out within j £3O pr. cent ofthe highest price of the South | Sea stock, but gain an additional increase of I £25 per ct on their capital. The duke of Chandos’stock was worth, at I one time,£3oo,ooo. He went to the old duke of I New Castle to consult what to do. ho advised | him. to sell. No; he wanted half a million. ■ W hy then,’ said the Duke, sell £IOO,OOO, and take your chance for the rest. No—he kept ! all—aud lost all. Sir Gregory Page was a minor at that time; Vol. V—Vo. i his stock tvas worth £200,000. He had two • guardians the one was for selling, the other for > keeping; the farmer was positive, and insisted on an umpire, an umpire was accordingly call* ed in, who gave his opinion for selling. It was accordingly sold; and Sir Gregory, on coming of age, with the legal interest of so large a fortune, afterwards built that fine house on Blackheath and purchased a park of three hundred acres around it, which house he lived in, in great magnificence, for 50 years and then left it. with an estate of ten thousand pounds ft year to his nephew, the lute Sir Gregory Page Turner, ’ Gay, the poet had 10,000 pounds stock giv» en him by the elder Creggs; this, with some other stock he-purchased before, amounted, nt ono time, to £20,000. .He consulted with his friends what to do. Dr. Arbuthnot advised him to sell out. No, that would be throwing away his good hick. “Well, said docter, sell out as much as will produce 100/ a year, and that will give you a clean shirt aud a shoulder of mutton for life.” He neglectad this advice and lost all; which had such an effect upon his spirits, that notwithstanding his subsequent success with the Beggar’s Opera, it produced abiliious disorder, which in the end killed him. An old quaker, when the stock Was at its height, employed one Lopez, a broker, to sail out; which he accordingly did; but when the money come to be paid, the stock fell, and the purchaser was off. ’Sell them again, friend Lopez,’said the quaker. He did so, and the stock falling a second time, the purchaser walked on. ‘Sell them again friend Lopez, ; for any thing —but be sure of thy man. The ; third time he succeeded: and the fall between the two day’s interval was about £SO percent; so that out of £100,009 stock he secures halt. Lopez, who lived many years after ’.histraneac tion, was well known by the name of‘sell them again, friend Lopez.’ Walter Scott's Early Lt/e—Walter Scott wae twenty years of age when in 1791 he was admitted to the Speculative Society of Edin burgh. He was chosen the librarian and ! shortly afterwards the secretary and treasurer, i He kept the accounts and records very faith j fully and wrote essays and joined in debates on j the common place quectitons usually proposed ■in such clubs. The following from the Life of j Scott by Lockhart lately published in London, ; relates to this part of his life. j “Lord Jeffreys remembers being struck, the first night he spent at the Speculative, with the the singular appearance ofthe secretary, who j sat gravely at the bottom of the table in a huge j woolen night cap ; and when the president ! took the chair, pleaded a bad toothache as his ' apology for coming into that worshipful as- I sembly, in such a “portentous machine.” Ho | read that night an essay on ballads, which si» ! much interested the new member, that he re. : quested to be introduced tojhim. Mr. Jeffreys ! called on him next evening, and found him j “in a small den, on the sunk floor of his father’s house in George’s square, surrounded with I dingy books,” from which they adjourned to a , tavern, and supped together. Such was the commencement of an acquaintance which by degrees ripened into friendship, between the two most distinguished men of letters whom ! ! Edinburgh produced in their time. I I I may add here tha description ofthe ear j ly der.-, with which I am favored by a lady of , Scott’s family. ‘Walter had soon begun to collect out-of-the-way things of nil sorts. — He j had more books than shelves, a small painted ! cabinet, with Scotch and Roman coins in it, and so forth. A calymore and Lochabernxe. f given him by old Invernuhyie, mounted guard ; on a little print of Prince Charlie ; and braugh j ton's Saucer was hooked up against the wall ; below it. Such was the germ of the tnag i nificent library and museum of Abbotsford ; i and such were the new renlmns, in which he, ' on taking possession, had arranged his little paraphernalia about him with all the fueling of j novelty and liberty, Since those days the ; habits of life in Edinburgh, ns elsewhere, ; have undergone many changes ; and the “con i venieut parlor,’ in which Scott first showed Jeffreys his collections of minstrelsy, is now, ! tn all probability, thought hardly good enough j for a menial’s sleeping-room.” ! Characteristic Anecdote of Scott.— There i was a boy in my class at school, who stood al ways at the top, nor could I, with all my efforts ! supplant him. Day came after day, and still I he kept his place,do what I would; till at length I observed that, when a question was asked him, he always fumbled with his fingers at a particular button in tho lower part of his waistcoat. To remove it, therefore, became ! expedient in my eye and in an evil moment it t was removed with a knife. Great was my ; anxiety to know the success of my measure ; and it succeeded too well. When the boy was again questioned, his fingers sought again for the button, but it was not to be found. In ■ his distress he looked down tor it ; it was not to be seen no more than to be felt. He stood ; confounded, and I took possession of his place I nor did he ever recover it. or ever, I believo i suspect who was the author of his wrong. Ot | ten in afterlife has the sight of him smote mo j as I passed him; and often have I resolved ts make him some reparation ; but it ended in good resolutions. Though I never renewed ! my acquaintance with him, I often saw him,*- i for he filled some inferior office in one ot th<* ; courts of law, in EJinburg. Poor fellow! I j believe he is dead: he took early to drinking. t Whale fight.— From the description given ■ us ofthe sanguinary battles which not unfre quenity occur between Sperm Whales, we should think that no animals fight with such I dreadful ferocity. The females always go in droves of about twenty, with one very large male in company. A majority of tho males wander over the ocean alone. Whenever ; a lone whale meets with a drove he forthwith turns upon the male ofthe group and gives him battle.—Our informant says he attacked one of these males while engaged in afightand suc ceeded in taking him. Their manner offight iug is bold and destructive. They run back ward from each other several rods and then rapidly advance head-foremost, their great square heads meeting with a dreadful sudden. ; ness. The scene was one of awful display, j The two mon iters, being among the largest of ! their species, advanced upon each other, with ! their jaws which measured sixteen feet in ( length, widely'extended, exhibiting huge rows of great teeth, aud presenting the most fero- I cions appearance. They cleaved much ofthj flesh from each other’s beads, and left deep ’ marks of their immense teeth in other parts. In the nfl’rav one ol them had his jaw slewed round, and many ot his teeth stove out, while [ the jaw of the other was broken off, so that it hung to the hsarl only by the flash. It is said