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* * 59 i i —■»— CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. a¥c;U ST A . i m f- *• .g,, —— ja 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. { t 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’ ~ r 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 J 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. —l 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 f 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, | I i 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- I 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. '