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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRI|4RY 5.
Anii Hi.mbupger • roWred t® the c|imuumca- j
* * eon of a fkrenolngwt in this day’s pn t ie ,in which |
he will find his plagiarism exposed to {*« heart s
content. We hav compered h.. “ lemt-. he
calls them, with the book, and find Urm fop c
fn.m it. letter for letter ! Whose book 4ill he copy
from when he ronm.pr.es hrs propose,! L'tures up
on Animal Magnetism f The we de
t,red to make to him was to send us I e book, a.
u was much more easy for onr comp,juor to set
frurn than the nmnuacript, and besides it would re-
Uere'lmn from much unnecessary copyiig.
Congress. {
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By the National Int dbgencer of the 30iti nil»
we haV% the proceedings of both Houses |m th’ -Oth.
In the Senat™, the Vicr. President communi
cated a message from the President of: the United
Slates, containing further correapo de|ce in rela
tion £ the disputed northeastern boundary between
the British Minister and the Secretaiy State.
Alter the correspondence was read—g
/ Mr. Wilt.iams was* understood to hethe [
this communication from the F.xecu iviilo ihe •en
' ate was calculated to allay the apprtjiensious al
ready abroad on the subject ol the MaiiF? bounda y
he was altogether unwilling to say ; btf. it he un
derstoodit.it was here asserled that |he iritis
was the only su.hun.v which, by the|agreement.
Wife** » mimmm a «■*•** ls« n wulun
Ihe Ji.fiutcd lerrilory. If dial was an W« of d> c
agreement, Mr. VV. desired that his J.nslituents
might know it; or if, on the other han*| these doc.
nments would alley appreliet si»n, he Paired they
might be known on that account, lie moved,
therefore, the printing ol 5,000 extra copies of the
message and documents: which was ordered ac
cordingly
After which the Senate was engaged in receiving
the reports of Committees, when th* resolution'
offer* d previously by Mr Webster, on the subject
of steamboat disasters, wa" on his motion taken up,
upon which Mr. W . made some very pertinent re
marks The remainder of the day wuL consumed
with t be Cumberland Road bill an ■ Na"w tensions-
In ihe House, (we confess that of 1 te we look
to its proceedings with any other emotions than
those which th y in form r davs excin| 1,) the day
was consumed, as usual, in useless dt|iate, ques
tions of order, calls of the House, &c|«S;c., —and
gomet :mes so much confused a*, to more of
the character of a moh than a deliberat assembly,
upon the subject of the public priming, when Mr.
Wise, pending a debate on an appeal lj»m the de
cision ol the Chair, made the followuif icmarks,
which are echaracterized by much good j-eime :
“Mr Wise rose to put an end to the iebate, and
to maka an appeal to all sides ol the H mse in be
half ol the "p -aker. In six years’ serv >< e here he
had scarcely witnessed so many app. als as had
been taken during this session. 1
“He had thought that when the Hons jlnd elect
ed n >peaker, alter so much difficulty, - ftter i-elecr
iug the person they did—one ot the yikmgest and
worthiest members ot ihis body—comnlindtng the
respe*t ot all paiun—Mr. W had ho|*d that t lie
Speaker might have hid the sympaih* of all the •
members to aid him in iu«tnining ord >•, and i hat
he would not have h*en continually troubled, as
he lud been, with vexatious and unnecessary quts
l*on« of order. I
“in belinlf of the Speaker, then, he appealed in
dsvdu tllv to ihe members, with the Ireutest re
spect ami kindness, to desist, it not (or lie sake of
the business of the country, to -esisl )S>r the sake
ot the i hair, f-om making these innuniuab o and
interminable q lies lions ot order. If lhe|b were in
dividuals who would make them, Mr M| annealed
to Ihe great body of the lU-nse to listain the
Chair- He behered the decision in lhisV,-a eto ho
perlcctly correct; but bet’it it were t?> have a
wroug decision, hettei to have no deci ion at all,
than that tlte House should b« coni inn l lly at sea
upon mere questions ot order, winch al vays bred
disorder For two weeks past ho hod hen only a
lowk r-on; as su* h he could judge belt* ' iha:i the
mernb; rs, of public opinion on the tictdeacy ■ t
their proceedings; ami he would sayiihat this
Hiiuw was growing daily lower and lo ver in the
estimation of live (teople
‘The question was then submitted ar |i the deci- 1
sion of ih • Chair sustained, and the House ad
journed.
British Queen,
The New York Star of the 28th sa is, “There
is reason to believe that the British did
not sail on the first of January ; for al awing that
she made the southern passage, she is till out too
long, had her day of sailing been on first.—
As she was under the necessity of railing some
alterations to her lower cabins, whichlhave been
* subject of complaint by passenger;!—pos ibiv
building a poop deck—it may be lhatlier day of
sailing has been postponed until the 2*|.h. If so»
we may not look for her before the bit of Feb’
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ruary. t - I
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the|2Bth uil.
says: "The money rate in this cityf s one per
cent a month out of doors, and on g**od paper
la New York the rale ranges from I*to per
cent. Bn-iness of uH kinds rontinu*|- dull, and
the anxiety in relation to the Britishtjueen in
creases.” I
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Di'avtrous Fire at Binghampto l, N. Y.
This unfortunate town has again bt|*n a prey
to the taging element, on the 23d uli Twelve
stores, with other buildings and a amount
of property, have been destroyed. Uo|s estima
ted »t $40,000, of which $27,000 arc Insured
Augustus S. Porter (Whig) has bf|-n elected
a Senator of the Unite*! States from tie State o r
Michigan, for six years from the 4tl’|of March
lasi, to fill tne vacancy occasioned by ;te expira
tion of the term of sernce of Lucius Lyon
(AJtuinUtraihvn.) i
Br.ni kvk Firk. There is no end to disas
trous fires all over the country; *ut, as we
hear nothing of iocen Harjcs, they art chiefly to
he impute*!, probably. u> carelessness Among
others wc hara'o record fheeotton fact ry ,u L:s.
b<»n. Maine. Huml *k»wn 20th r It. Los>,
s3o,ooo. —New York S'far.
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Fnu— The Xew Orleans Bee of th| 28i!t pit.
states that o« the evening previous, aiire broke
out in a woodea binliling, situated on |te comer
of St. John amH'o'Bmon streets. and ; in a few
minute- the tire communicated to seveftl adjoin
ing buildings which were also consumld. v erv
few articles of furniture were saved, tli inmates
bavicg barely time to esoai*e. I
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The Militia of the I mtc l a .
„ 1 t - oroing to
the latest return, comon-es 1,434,9f,
v • tie re
gular force authorized hy law is 12.52*t; bin the
present actual force i« only 9.704, |
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i Virginia* I
After struggling for three days in vain to elect a 1
Sena or to Congress, the I>ig s!at«re of this Mate (
has iinallv postponed the election indefinitely
The State will therefore have i m one Senator du- !
ring the present session ot Congress and the begin
ning of the next. Mr. Rives several times came
j in one vote »f being elected, and Judge Ma.son, the
! Van Buren candidate, once came within three votes
jof an election. <>n the last day, Mr. Hives was
dropped and Judge Allen run in his stead, but
without success-
From the N. i . Commercial Advertiser of 2bth.
Destructive Conflagration.
About 7 o'clock la.-it evening a fire broke out
in the four story brick store No. 18 i ront street,
I near the corner of Broad street, occupied by J.
H. McNiesh, commission merchant. The whole
! interior of the building was destroyed, but the
I principal part of the contents was saved.
VV iiile the above fire was still burning, another
broke out in the four story brick store No. 164
South st., occupied by J. P. Former & Co., deal-
junk. *Scc., which w.is entirely destroyed,
and the bus on each side of it were more or
less damaged. The firemen, supposing that the
fire was entirely subdued, Mt the ground about
11 o'clock, but between 1 and 2 o dock this
morning, the flames were seen to burst through
the root of the large building known as the ‘ Tno
mas 11. Smith store,” and a destruction of prop
erty en-ued, scarcely equalled by that of any con
fi ignition in this city since the great fire of De
cember. 1835. Os the amount of the pecuniary
loss, it is impossible to give any thing more than
a mere estimate, it may be stated in round
numbers at from $ 1,000,4100 to $1,500,000.
The stores destroyed were seven in number, as
follows; The large store fronting on South and
Front sts., built some years since by T. H. Smith
at a cost, as we have heard it stated, ot about
SIOO,OOO. It was one of the finest buildings of
the description in the city, and though but four
stories in height, was higher than most of the five
story stores. It was occupied *y J. I. Hicks, as
a storage depository, and nlled with merchandise
of the most valuable description, among which
were the cargoes of the ship Nantucket, ot Bos
ton. which arrived he eon the 2d Dec., and the
ship t’ovington of Baltimore, which arrived here
on the 27th Oct. from Canton.
In addition to these cargoes there was a quanti
ty of other merchandise destroyed in the store,
among whi h were about 200 barrels of flour, and
i number of bales of cotton. Some at the pro
perty was rescued from the flames, consisting ol
cotton, and say about two ortiiree hundred boxes
of tea. principally, w*e judged from the marks, be
longing to the cargo of the Nantucket. The
building itself is entirely gone, one only of the
side walls remaining to tell where it was stand
ing.
George T 5. Bruen, Esq- had an office upon
these premises.
The next building adjoining on Front st.. No.
261, was used as a public store. A portion at
lea't of the goods were saved from this store.
No. 269 Front st., also occupied by J. J. Hicks
as a storage warehouse.
No. 257 Front .t., corner of Dover st.. occupied
by Egglestm & Bath-lie, dealers in iron. There
appeared to be a large stock in the store, very lit
tle of which could have l»een saved.
On South st. the following buildings were en
tirely destroyed:
No. 162 corner of Dover st., occupied hy E.
Dayton & Co. ship chandlers, a block maker, and
H. Dougherty, sail maker. A part of the stock of
■ Messrs. Dayton was saved, and we understand
j that they were insured.
No. 163. occupied by John Gilmarlin, grocer,
and others
No. 1.34, where the fire originated, occupied by
J. P. Forker & Go. as a junk store.
No. 165 and 166 composed the South st. front
of the Thomas H. Smith store.
No. 167 occupied by Thomp on & Coffin,
grocers, and others, appoais to have been very
slightly damaged.
The large store belonging to P. Loriilard, and
"as p'obahly insured. The remaining six were
owned, we believe, by Joshua Jones.
I’hc loss ot the insurance cotwpanies must ne
cessarily be very heavy, though there is '•eason i
to suppose that a portion at least of it will be ‘
borne by offices located out of the city.
Oxs O Clock.—The fire may now be said to
j be quite subdued, although their appears to be a
| quantity of combustible matter in the large store
i which is yet in flames. Two engines, Nos. 10 j
j and 41 are drawing water from the docks, the
| hydrants having failed to give anv supply long |
before daylight,and discharging it ipon the ruins.
The wills ot the buildings destroyed -have
nearly all been polled down by the hook and lad
der companies, and laborers are bu-ilv employed -
amid the ruins in saving the Wreck of properly
which the flames have spared. A quantity of
iron bars, &c-were taken from the spot where
Eggleston and BaltHles’ store stood.
The store i Ij fining appears to have contained (
a quantity of broadcloths, some remnants of j
which they were taking from among the burning ;
bricks, when we Jes the spot.
From the N. O. Bee of the 28 th ult.
From Texas.
M e are indebted to the officers of the steam
packet Columbia, from Galveston, for Houston
and Galveston papers of the 22*1 inst.
The bill to secti mize and sell the Cherokee
lands has been adopted.
The steam ship New Castle, which was last
winter employed between Mobile and Galveston,
was totally loH near Tuspan. Mexico,on the 12lh
of December. She had two hundred soldiers on
board, but they all e-caped with their lives.
A bill has pass-*! the House of Representatives
to pay the members in specie or its equivalent
value—where will the government get it]
I ne sala *ies of the clerks of the different de
partments have been raised lo $2,200 and $2,500
- per annum.
Ihe Commanchcs have entered Bexar and
made kn »vii their anxiety to conclude a treaty
with the They have been hummed
by repeated defeats into these overtures ; yet l4lle
re 1 i.inee is to be placed in their professions.
Among other acts ot Congress we find *one
providing so- the ••stablishm-ut of a penitentiary.
1 he treaty with France has been rat tied by the
Senate. An extra appropriation of $5,000 has
been ordered t» complete the running of the
boundary line between Texas and the IL States.
Col. Burleston having scoured the country and
hrasacd the C.ierokces, his returned.
From f hi Sex-Y. rk Times.
7he Bcb-Pit karch t.—This ingenious scheme
for the promotion of official robbery and oppres
sion has been forced through the Senate of the
I mted Slates. A fraction of a faction usurping
the title of the “ Democratic portv,” with the
knowing , that a full ami Ut*r*l representatation
ot .«U the States upon the floorj*T the Senate would
nt lriUf npWly defeated the measuie, has in
•”*“ "" "I" 1 «hi"«l its ~»w Such is the
practical ,lcmwracyo( ihe Adm.niMration and
its instruments!
The ygumcn.s in favor ~f ihe measure, advan.
cel by those who encoded and hope- lo thrive
by It a e -H-l -re the nauon. Le, every man „ h „
h.cs bv the sweat ol hi. brow, charge ms
with the fact, that one of its
av.wed an approved by Mr. Buchanan and
others, is that it will Itncer the r rte cf Wao . ett
■Vnat a eon-sola-i m to the laborer in this
of stagnation and distress. With what heart can
he struggle with poverty, when he knows that the
pnrty in power is legislating aga;nsl hia daily
bread; when he reflects that the undisguised ten- i
dency of their policy is to curtail the remunera.
tion of labor; to protract the season of toil; to ren
der the attainment of competence more difficult;
in short, lo bring him nearer to the condition ot
the English operative, whose youth and manhood
of incessant tail too often obtain no better asylum
for his old age than the parish workhouse, whence,
after a brief period of degrading servitude, he is
transported in a parish coffin to a parish grave.
The broad and general grounds of opposition
to this iniquitious hill, have been so often presen
i fed bv the master minds of the country, that they
are familiar to us all as household words. The
fact of its concentrating the financial systems of
| twenty-two dispotrsms, some of them seinibarba
rous wall not we arc inclined to believe outweigh
the many objections urged against the measure.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
llnmbuggery ©ot humbugged II!
Mr. Editor; —lt appears that your corre
spondent “Anti-Humbugger” does not seem
inclined to answer the call made by either you or
myself, Do you know the reason why 1 I’ll
just tell you. He is a jack-daw in borowed
feathers, and is afraid, if he docs, that he will be
plucked of his purloined plumage.
Every word he has written, in both his num
bers, is a literal copy from a production of Doc
tor David Meuidith Rkksk, of New \ ork,
styled, “Hcmb ucs of New Yore,” which has
been ci mplctely “ used up,” together with Dr,
Sewall’s lectures, by Dr. Caldwell, in a small
work under the title of “Phrenology Vindi
cated AND ANTI-PHRENOLOGY UxMASKED.”
This work can he had at some of our bookstores,
by those who desire original matter upon the
subject. If this is not plagiarism with a ven
gance I should like to know what is! A* Tom
Glenn said in Florida, when old Gaines got into
the “Bull Pen,” “ hasn't he got his mother s
Monkey into a queer scrape.” If “Anti-Hcm
bugger” will come out, and submit his head to
an examination, I have no doubt he will have an
“ argumenlum ad hominum” of the truth of
phrenology, and that he is a humbugger. But
this is not necessary, as the natural language
of the most prominent organs, speaks out so
plainly that their activity can be detected in the
disgraceful trick he attempts to pass off. The
operation of “scalping” though quite appropriate
for the perpetrator of so piratical an act. would he
entirely superfluous, as the contents of such a {
cranium could be easily ascertained without the
removal of even its outer covering. I have no
doubt that he possesses one remarkable comhina- i
tion. viz: very large Secrf.tivenf.ss, large Ac
quisitiveness. and small Conscientious
ness. The two former organs in excess, unre-
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strained by high conscientiousness would, with
out great caution, lead to the very nngenteel act
called theft. That he has been guilty of a most
unblushing literary theft, no one will doubt.—
Your correspondent has, now, u fair opportunity
ofcompleting the overthrow of “//re science, false
ly so called” If the above developcmeuts are
not marked on his cranium, I will abandon Phre
nology as a humbug , . and give my own caput
for a foot ball. Indeed “this world is given to
lying! !”
I am, respectfully,
Yours, &c, j
A Phrenologist.
Proceedings of Council.
Council Chamber,
February 1, 1840. 5
Council met. Present, the Hon. A. Gum
ming, Mayor; Aldermen Harper, Dortic, Crump t
Parish, Jackson, D’Antignac, Thompson Hitt.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Police Docket was then taken up, and the
following cases tried :
Oily Council vs.
F. A. Duffic, violat’g 18th sec. guilty, fined $5 00
F. A. Duflic, “ Ist “ “ “ 500
D. Wright, “ 18th “ “ “ 50 00
G. Turner, “ 18th “ “ “ 20 00
B. Ansley, “ 18th “ “ « 50 00
| Wm. R. Tant, “ 18th “ “ “ 25 00
The petition of the South Carolina Canal and
Kail Road Company was read, and on motion of
I Mr. Harper, was referred to the Mayor and a
| Committee of four, one of which to be taken from
| each ward, to report an answer thereto at a fu
ture meeting. Jhe following gentlemen were
appointed the Committee—Messrs. Jas. Harper
Wm. M. D’Antignac, S. M. Thompson, and W’
E. Jackson.
The Collector and reports the fol
lowing amounts received for tolls from the Bridg-
I os, to the Ist of February. 1810, viz ;
From the Keeper of the upper Bridge, $54 56
“ lower Bridge, 876 60
The following returns were made by the offi
cers as Counci . with the Collector and Treasu
rer’s receipt for the sums annexed to their names :
The Clerk of the Lower Market for fees and
6Ca,es ’ $136 61
Jailor, ballance cash for the month
of January. 98 ()()
Keeper of the Magazine, 93 59
“ Cit y Marshall—Fines and Guard
House fees, 205 °5
The Sexton reports the death of 7 whites and
10 blacks for the past month.
The following resolutions were offered and
passed;
By Mr. Parish ;
Resolved, That John H. Spencer be paid for
grading and paving the streets near the lower
market, agreeably to his contract, so soon as the
said work shall be measured and found correct
by the Street Committee.
By Mr. D’Antignac:
Resolved, That any Drayman failing to repair
to the scene of a fire, with a cask of water, as
p-ovided in the 2J section of the General Ordi
nance. within a reasonable time after the alarm
has been given, shall forfeit his licence, unless he
renders a satisfactory excuse for the delay or ab
sene'*, a- the case may be.
And be it further Resolved. That the Com
mittee on Engines be authorised to purchase and
furni;h the Daymen with the necessary lumber
for the protection of the hose in passing it with
their drays.
By Mr. Hilt:
Resolved. That the Committee on the Bridg
es be authorized to receive proposals for budding
a suitable house for the keeper of the upper
Bridge, and submit the plan and cost to Council
at the next meeting.
On motion of Mr D’Antignac, the following
gentlemen were appointed a committee to define
the several duties of the contractors under tho
Council : Messrs. D’Antignac. Harper, and Hitt.
Council adjourned to meet at 7 o clock.
Saturday Evening, 7 o’clock.
Council met —Present, the Hon. A. Gumming,
Mayor; Aldermen Dye, D’Antignac, Crump,
Harper, Parish, Thomas, Hitt, Dortic, and Jack
son.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The following resolutions were offered and
passed :
By Mr. Parish :
Resolved, Th it the Street Committee be au
thorised to have erected across the Beaver dam on
Washinglon-strcet, a bridge of such size as they
may deem advisable, the cost not to be more than
. fifty dollars.
By Mr. Dye;
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Street
[ Officer to throw the trash taken from the streets
( into the river, at or below East Boundary-street,
\ under the directi >n of his Honor the Mayor and
the Street Committee.
On motion of Mr. Harper that this resolution
be made the order of the day for the 3d Saturday
in February, the yeas and nays were called for,
and were as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Crump, D’-
Antignac, Harper, Hitt, and Parish: Nays—
Messrs. Thomas, Dye, Dortic, Jackson, and the
Mayor voting ir« the negative, the motion was
lost. The passage of the resolution was then put,
and decided in the affirmative.
By Mr. Harper:
Resolved. That the Committee on the River
Bank and Wharf be requested to have two rows
■of trees planted lietween Bay-Street and the Ki
ver from Macintosh to Jackson-stree.s, consisting
of oaks, elms, French mulberry, and beech.j
By Mr. Parish;
- Resolved, That the Street Committee be au.
• thorised to remove, or have burned, the trash naw
;j on the South Common, on the best terms which
may offer, by contract or otherwise,
i Bills for the following accounts were then se
verally read and ordered to be paid :
Salaries for Officers and Guards, SIOSB 67
Hospital and Health, - - - - 368 87
Streets, --------- 83 92
! Jail, 25 83
Guard House, &c. - - - - - 38 94
Engine*, - -- -- -- - 148 39
Magazine, 375
City Hall, ------- 75
Incidental, - -- -- -- - 38 50
$1767 63
Caancil adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
From th'. Knickerbocker.
I l*elayo ami the Merchant’s Daughter.
BY WASHINGTON HIVING.
j It is the common lamentation of Spanish his
: toriographers that for an obscure and mclanchu-
I ly space of time immediately succeeding the con
j quest of their country by the Moslems, its history
is a mere wilderness of dubious facts, groundless
fatdes, and rash exaggerations. Learned men, in
cells and cloisters have worn out their lives in
vainly endeavoring lo connect incongruous events
and to account for startling improbabilities, re
corded of this period. The worthy Je-uit Padre
Aharca, declares that, for more than forty years,
during which he had been employed in the theo
logical controversies, he had never found any so
I obscure and inexplicable as those which rise out
I of this portion of Spanish history, and that the
only fruit ol an indefatigable, prolix, and even pro
digious study ot the subject, was, a melancholy
and mortifying state of indecision.
During the apocryphal period, flourishing Pe
layo, the deliverer of Spain, whose name like that
of Wil iam Wallace, will ever he linked with the
glory of his country, but linked, in like manner,
by a bond in which fact and faction are inextri
cably interwoven.
The quaint old chronicle of the Moor Rasis,
which, though wild and fanciful in the extreme,
i i* frequently drawn upon for early facts by Span
ish historians, professes to give the birth, parent
age. and whole course of fortune of Pelayo, with
out the least doubt or hesitation. It makes him
a son 01 the Duke of Cantabria, and descended,
' both by father and mother’s side, from the Gothic
kings of Spain. I shall pass over the romantic
story of his childhood, and shall content mvself
with a scene of his youth, which was spenUn a
castle among the Pyrenees, under the eye of his
widowed and noble-minded mother, who caused
him lo he instructed in every thing befitting a
j cavalier of gentle-hirth. While the sons of nobil
ity were revelling amid th * pleasures of a licen
j tiouscourt, and sunk in that vicious and offem
-1 inate indulgence which led to the perdition of
unhappy Spain, the youthful Pelayo, in his rug
! S e< * mountain school, was steeled to all kinds of
hardy exercises. A great part of his time was
spent in hunting the hears, the wild boars and
i the wolves, with which the young Pyrenees
abounded; and so purely and chastely was he
| hrou Sht up, by his good lady mother, that if the
ancient chronicle from which I draw mv facts
j ma y he re b®d on, he had attained his one-and
j twentieth year without having once sighed for
I woman ?
Nor were his hardy contests confined to the
i wild hearts of the forest. Occasionally he had to
contend with adversaries of a more formidable
character. Jhe sknts and defiles of these border
mountains were often infested by mauranders
; tr<>rr the G’aßte plains of Gascony. The Gas
-1 cons says an old chronicler, were a people who
'PT * h , word,i when expedient, but force
h.*n th.ej.had power, and were ready to lay their
hands on every thing they met. Though poor
n 7 l WCre P rOU , ;/° r there was net one who did
" t Plume himself on being a hijodalgo, or the
son of somebody.
At the head of a band of these needy hidal-os
ofGaseony was one Amoud, a broken-down
cavalier. He and four of his followers we.e well
j arme “ ar »d mounted; the rest were a set of scam
per grounds on foot, furnished with darts and
. ravelins I hey were the terror of the harder
• here to-day. and gone to-morrow ; sometimes in
one pass sometimes in another. They would
mike sudden inroads into Spain, scour the roads
plunder the country, and were over the m ’
tains and far away, before a force could be coffee"
ed to pursue them . uonect-
Now it happened one day, that a .
«Vr of Bordeaux, who merest t"’’
w.th Biscay. set out on a sojourn f, r .L, """ 3
mcc As Iw intended to sojourn there f Pmv '
son. he took with him his wife who _ f " r a l “‘"-
ly dams, and bis daughter, a gentle T " £r I °° d *
marriageable age, and exeeedfngtir t Efc £
on. He was attended by a trusty clerk from his
competitor, and a man servant; while another
servant led a hackney, laden with hags of money
with which he intended to purchase merchan
dise.
When the Gascons heard of this wealthy mer
chant and his convoy passing through the raoun
tians, they thanked their stars, for they consider
ed all peaceful men of traffic as lawful spoil, sent
hv providence for the benefit of hidalgos like
themselves of valor and gentle blood, who lived
by the sword. Placing themselves in ambush,
in a lonely file, by which the travelers had to
pass, they silently awaited their coming. In a
little while they beheld them approaching. The
merchant was a fair, portly man, in a buff sur
est, and velvet cap. His looks bespoke the
good cheer of his native city, and he was mount
ed on a stately, well-fed ste«d, while his wife and
daughter paced gently on palfreys by his side.
The travelers had advanced some d stance in
the defile, when the Bandoleros rushed forth and
assailed them. The merchant, though hut little
used to the exercise of arms, ami unwildly in his
form, yet made valiant defence, having his wife
anti daughter and money nags at hazzard. He
was wounded in two places and overpowered; one
of his servants was slain, the other took to flight.
The freebooters then began to ransack for
spoil, hut were disappointed at not finding the
wealth they had expected. Putting their swords
to the breast of the trembling merchant, they de
manded where he had concealed his treasure, and
learned from him of the hackney that was follow
ing, laden with money. Overjoyed at this intel
ligence. they bound their captives to trees, and
awaited the arrival the golden spoil.
1 On this same day, Pelavo was out with his
> huntsmen among the mountains, and had taken
his stand on a narrow pass, to await the sallying
forth of a wild hoar. Close by him was a page,
conducting a horse, and at the saddle-bow hung
his armor, for he always prepared for fight among
these border mountains. While thus posted, the
servant of the merchant came flying from the
robbers. On beholding Pelavo, he fell on his
knees and implored his life, for he supposed him
to be one of the band. It was some time before
he could be relieved from his terror, and made to
» tell his story. When Pelavo hear! of the roh-
J bers. he concluded they were the crew of Gascon
Hidalgos, upon the scamper. Taking his armor
from the page, he put on his helmet, slung his
buckler round his neck, took lance in hand, and
mounting his steed, compelled the trembling ser
vant to guide him to the scene of action. At the
same time he ordered the page to seek his-hunts
men, and summon them to his assistance.
When the robbers saw Pelayo advancing thro’
the forest, with a single attendant on foot, and
beheld his rich armor sparkling in the sun, they
thought a new prize had fallen into their hands,
and Arnaud and two of his companions, mount
ing their horses, advanced to meet him. As
they approached, Pelay-* stationed himself in a
narrow pass between two rocks, where he could
i only he assailed in front, and bracing his buck-
I ler, and lowering his lance, awaited theircoming.
i “Who and what are ye,” cried he, “and what
■ seek ye in this land ?”
I “We are hunstmen,” replied Arnaud, “and lo!
our game runs into our toils !”
“By my faith,” replied Pelayo, “thou wilt find
the game more readily roused than taken; have
at thee for a villain !”
So saving, he put spurs to his horse, and ran
full speed upon him. The Gascon, not expect
ing so s idden an attack from a single horseman,
was taken by surprise. He hastily couched his
lance, but it merely glanced on the shield of Pe
layo, who sent his own through the middle of his
breast, and threw him out of his saddle to the
earth. One of the other robbers made at Pelayo,
and wounded him slightly in the side, but receiv
ed a blow from the sword of the latter, which
cleft his scull-rap, and sank into his brain. His
companion, seeing him fall, put spurs to his steed,
and galloped off through t'.e forest.
Beholding several other robbers on foot com
ing up. Pelayo returned to his station between the
rocks, where he was assailed by them all at once.
He received two of their darts on his buckler, a
javelin grazed his cuirass, and glancing down,
wounded his horse. Pelayo then rushed forth,
and struck one of the robbers dead; the others,
beholding several huntsmen advancing, took to
flight, but were pursued, and several of them ta
ken.
The good merchant of Bordeaux and his fam
ily beheld this scene with trembling and amaze
ment, for never had they looked upon such feats
of arms. They considered Don Pelavo as a lead
er of some rival (tank of robbers; and when the
bonds were loosened by which they were tied to
the trees they fell at his feet and implored mercy.
The females were soonest undeceived, especially
the daughter; for the damsel was struck with the
noblo countenance and gentle demeanor of Pe
layo, and said to herself: “Surely nothing evil
’ can dwell in so goodly and gracious a form.”
Pelayo now sounded his horn, which echoed
from rock to rock, and was answered by shouts
a.id horns from various parts of the mountains.
The merchant s heart misgave him at these sig
nals, and especially when he beheld more than
forty men gathering from glen and thicket.—
! were clad in hunters’ dresses ard armed
with boar-spears, darts, and hunting-swords, and
! man y of them led hounds in long leashes. All
this was a new and a wild scene to the astonish-
P ed merchant; nor were his fears abated, when he
saw his servant approaching with his hacknev,
. laden with money bags; “for of a certainty,”
[ said he to himself, “this will lie too tempting a
t s P O d for these wild hunters of the mountains.”
, Pelayo. however, took no more notice of the
gold than if it had been so much dross; at which
the honest burghers marvelled exceedingly. He
f ordered that the wounds of the merchant should
■ b ff!. PS3e '!’ and his ovvn examined. On taking
f Oofi's cuirass, his wound was found to be hut
i fHernt; but his men were so exasperated at see-
I ing his blood, that they would I ave pul the cap
, l !' e r ® hbers to instant death, had he not forbid-
to do them any harm.
’ The huntsmen now made a great fire at the.
i r??. 1 , a and bringing a boar which they had
killed, cut off poruems an d roasted them on the
■ ™ a . ,s * J, hen ‘lowing forth loaves of bread from
their wallets, they devoured their food half raw
, w ! th thft hungry relish of huntsmen and moun
taineers. The merchant, his wife, and daughter,
j l°°ked at all this, and wondered, for they had ne
’ ver beheld so savage a repast.
. Pelayo then inquired of them if they did not
• des J re f° eat •* they were too much in uwe of him
i llec J ine * though they felt a loathing at the
f * , u ° h .t partaking of this hunter’s fare ; hut he
. ordered a linen cloth to be spread under the shade
f a great oak, on the grassy margin of a clear
running stream ; and to tbei. astonishment they
The good burgher was of a community renown
sided" hiT tron ° m ' C prowe **? his to" having sub
dressed £sf£2J ,te awakefied > and he ad
set before h* f tolly to the viands that were
not eat b 101 ** IS dau sh ter - however, could
™ a i’p , P - Ves Were ever and anon stealing *o
tn 1 e , 3’ T °» whom she regarded with grati
<-c or i rotection and admiration fo* Ids valor •
£ iT,'.I? I 6 *- 1 his h< ‘ i " ,et ’ «»<*
he beheld his lofty countenance, glowing w :.l
I njanlv beauty, she thought him more than mortal
I he heart of the gentle donzella, says the ancient
chronicler, was kind and yielding, and had Pelavo
thought fit to adc the greatest boon that love and
beauty could bestow-douhtle** meaning her fair
hand—she could not have had the cruelty to SIV
him nay. Pelayo, however, had no such thoughts*
the love of woman had never yet entered
heart; and though he regarded the darnse) g .j,
fairest maiden he had ever beheld, her be
caused no perturbation in his breast. 3Uty
When the repast was over, Pelayo offered
conduct the merchant and his family through ? °
defiles of the mountains, lest they should u e *
tested by any of the scattered bands of robber' 00 '
The bodies of the slain marauders were b *
and the corpse of the servant was laid U p 0(1 ne( ''
of the horses captured in the battle. ° fte
formed the cavalcade, they pursued
slowly up one of the sleep and windin'* > Ja , Wa J
the Pyrenees. " s °*
Toward sunset, they arrived at the dwellj,,
a holy hermit. It was hewn out of fl le
rock ; there was a cross over the door, and bet"'*
it was a great spreading oak, with a sweet snr
of water at its foot. The body of the faithful
vant who had fallen in the defence of hi
was buried dose by the wall of the sacred * ° f< ”
and the hermit promised to perform mas?? 6 * 1 *
the repose of his soul. Then Pelavo *° r
from the holy father consent that the nierdj "
wife and daughter should pass the ni>*Kt 8
the cel! ; and the hermit made beds of nioTf
them, and gave them his benediction ■ bn?
damsel found little rest, so much were hpr,W ,
occupied by the youthful champion who 2?
scued her from death or dishonor c
Pelayo, however, was vi s i, ei J hy „„ , j
denng of the mind bul, w,app ing himsc)f;
mantle, slept soundly by the fountain
tree. At midnight, when every »hi nw . f •
in deep repose, he was awakened f r J n “ T ,cd
and beheld the hermit before him. with the
of the moon shining upon his silver hair and bear \
“ I his is no time,” said the latter. “ to be sleen!
mg; arise and listen to my words, and he r f
the great work for which thou art chosen.”
Then Pelayo arose and seated himself on
rock, and the hermit continued his disc-nurse,* *
“ Behoid,” sa d he. “ the ruin of Spain i s
hand ! It will he delivered into the hands of
strangers, and will become a prev to the spoiler
!ls children will be slain, or carried into captjL .*
or such as may escape evils, will harbor
with the beasts of the forest, or the eagles of (h
mountain. The thorn and bramble will gpri n !
up where now are seen the corn-field, the vine
and the olive, and hungry wolves will roam in
place of peaceful floi ks and herds. But thou. i»v
son, tarry not thou to see these things, for thou
canst not prevent them. Depart on a pilgrim**
to the sepulchre of our blessed Lord in Palestine
purify thyself by prayer; enroll thyself in the or!
der of chivalry, and prepare for the' great work of
the redemption of the country ; for to thee it will
he given to raise it from the depth of its afflic.
tion.”
Pelayo would have enquired farther into the
evils thus foretold, b«t the hermit rebuked his
curiosity. %
“Seek not to know more,” said he, “thanhea
ven is pleased to reveal. Clouds and darknea
cover its designs, and prophecy is never permitted
to lift op, but in part, the veil that rests uponthe
future.”
The hermit ceased to speak, and Pelayo laid
himself down again to take repose, but sleep wm
a stranger to his eyes.
When the first rays of the rising sun show
upon the tops of the mountains, the travellers as
sembled round the fountain beneath the tree, and
made their morning repast. Then, having re
ceived the benediction of the hermit, they depart
ed in the freshness of the day, and descended
along the nollow defiles leading into the interior
of Spain. The good merchant was refreshed bv
sleep, and by his morning’s meal; and when ht
beheld his wife and daughter thus secure by hn
side, and the hackney laden with his treasure doss
l»ehind him, his heart was light in his bosom,and
he carolled a chanson as he went, and the wood
j lands echoed to his song. But Pelayo rode in
silence, for he revolved in his mind the porten
tious words of the hermit; and the daughter of
the merchant ever and anon stole looks at him
i full of tenderness and admiratiqp, and deepsigbi
betrayed the agitation of her bosom.
At length they came to the foot of the moun
tains, where the forests and the rocks terminated,
and an open and secure country lay before the
travellers. Here they halted, for their roads were
widely different. When they came to part, the
merchant and his wife were loud in thanks and
benedictions, and the good burgher would fain
have given Pelayo the largest of his sacks of gold;
hut the young man pul it aside with a smile.-
“ Silver and gold.” said he, “ need I not, but if I
have deserved aught at thy hands, give me thy
prayers, for the prayers of a good man are above
all price.”
In the meantime the daughter had spoken ne
ver a word. At length she raised her eyes, which
were filled with tears, and looked timidly at Pe
layo, and her bosom throbbed ; and after a vio
lent struggle between strong affection and virgin
modesty, her heart relieved itself by words.
“ Senor,” said she, “ 1 know that I am unwor
thy of the notice of so noble a cavalier; but suf
fer me to place this ring; upon a finger off,tint
hand which has so bravely rescued us from death,
! and when you regard it. you may consider it as a
; memorial of your own valor, and not of one wlw
I is 100 humble to he remembered by you.”
VVith these words, she drew a ring from tier
finger, anu put it upon the finger of Pelayo; and
having done this, she blushed and trembled at
her own boldness, ami stood abashed, with kr
eyes cast down upon the earth.
Pelayo was moved at the words of the si# !e I
maiden, and at the touch of her fair hand, and at I
her beauty, as she -stood thus trembling before him; J
but as yet. he knew nothing of woman, and hii |
heart was free from the snares of love. ‘ Ami?*
(friend ) said he, “ I accept the present. and»’i
; wear it in remembrance of thy goodness so say- \
; ing. he kissed her on tlie cheek,
i The damsel was cheered by these words. W
| hoped that she had awakened some tenderness -
his bosom; hut it was no such thing says thv |
grave old chronicler, for his heart was devoted- 1
higher and more sacred matters, yet certain it l ‘- ?
that he always guarded well that ring.
W hen they parted, Pelayo remained with n !
huntsmen on a cliff, watching that no evil belt
them until they were far beyond the skirts 0 * t.
mountain ; and the damsel often turned t° kl
at him, until she could no longer discern him *
the distance, and the tears that dimmed her eyes
And, tor that he accepted her ring,say ß the* 11
cienl chronicler, she considered herself wedded
him in her heart, and would never marry i" 01
could she he brought to look with eves of a “ ec
tion upon any other man ; hut. for the trne l° rf
which she bore Pelayo, she lived and died * vi:
gin. And composed a book which treated of *°' !
and chivalry, and the temptations of this m° ri |
life ; and one part discoursed of celestial nia* teri ,
and it was called *• The Contemplations of
because, at the time she wrote it, she th°°2 *
Pelayo, and of his having accepted her jewel'*
called her by the gentle appelation of
And often thinking of him in tender sadne*-- 3 ( ,
of her never having beheld him more, she I
take the hook, and would read it as if in j
and while she repeated the words of love
it contained, she would endeavor to fancy * I
uttered hy Pelayo, and that he stood beforel
marine intelligence-
Charleston, Feb' unr - V ? (
Arrived yesterday — Ship Harriet k •l p ' sie, ' [ L.'
Kown. Liverpool; barque Verona. Boga^ ll ''’. a,l
ton: I L brig Lawrence, Cobb, New Aork. I
Rienzi, Wright. Boston. I
At Q ian-din” —Line ship Lucas, . I
-on; barque Canges, Ford, Boston; brig Uca s - lr I
Boston. # , I
Cleared —Br ship Erin Goßrah,Saoip/soa- Li vf F
pool. '