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CHKOMOLh ASu SK'.sTiNEL. |
AUGUSTA.*
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11.
FOr CONGRESS,
HINES HOLT, Jr.
OF MUSCOGEE.
Election o~i F . it Monday in January.
Corresponderce oj ihe Chronicle arid Sentinel.
Mil EDGEViLLE, NOV. 8, 1840.
In the House th s morning, Mr. Hardeman,
chairman of the committee un internal improve
ments, moved a of the indefinite
postponement of the ijill providing for the prosecu
tion of the Western ai ji Atlantic Rail Road. After
a few remarks by Messrs. Hardeman, Crawford of
Richmond, Flournoy of Washington. Rogers and
Toombs, the House agreed to re-consider by the fol
lowing rote; Yeas 98—Nays 63,
The bill “to extend the time for taking eut
grants for lands in the counties of originally Early,
Irwin, Appling, Hall, Habersham and Rabun, and
to provide for the disposition of the same if not
granted within the time extended,” being the spe
cial order of the day, was taken up, amended and
passed.
The bill to lay out and organize a new Judicial
District, to be called the South-Western Judicial
District, being the second special order of the day,
was taken up, amended, and passed, after a few re*
marks in favor of the bill by Messrs. Toombs and
Murphy of DeKalb. Yeas 115 —Nays 61.
fcThe
bill, from the Senate, (being the bill of the j
last year,) providing far biennia! sessions of the
Legislature, was taken up as the third special or
der of the day, and passed, agreeably to the requi
sitions of the Constitution. 5 eas 160—Nays 19.
This bill goes into operation from and after 1543.
The remainder of the morning was consumed in
i
acting upon private bills and public bills ol little j
interest. This afternoon, the bill more effectually j
to prevent the issue and circulation of notes of a
smaller denomination than five dollars, was taken
up and postponed indefinitely.
In the Senate, the bill requiring the Banks to re- |
some specie payments was taken up, and passed .
with only a single amendment, though many were
proposed. Yeas 75 —Nays 5. The ameadment
which prevailed was the motion of Mr. Gordon to
•trike out the words ‘-or bunks whatsoever and
that of Mr. Morris to insert, in lieu of them, the
words “other banks or brokers excepted.'' A long
and animated debate took place on these motions,
which was participated in by Messrs. Gordon,
Echols of W., Harris of Burke, Cox, and Miller,
n favor of them, and Messrs. Jones, Graves, and
Dunagan against them. 1 send you a copy cf the
bill as it passed the Senate. The only question be
tween the houses i«, that relating to the 4 per cent,
law, which was virtually repealed by the bill as it
came from the Hou-e. We have yel to see which '
branch will recede. The Senate also passed the j
bill to pievenl illegal voting, of which I send iou
a copy. It has yet to pa;-? the House; where,
judging by the past, it will be 10-t. The Senate I
rejected Ihe bill to repeat the act, passed at the last
session, to relation to pedlars; and passed the bill
Xo amend the rent laws u;’ Augusta, by which sub
tenants are made liable for rent while they occupy
or use the premises, and provision i« made for the
landlord’s tailing possession iu default of the pay
ment of rent when due. v \
Nothing else of interest occurred in this branch ,
•f the Legislature. Q.
Lafayette fouise.
THIRD DAY THURSDAY.
Purse >SO0 —3 mile beat.-.
Col. W. Hampton’s ch. f. Fanny ! 1
. Walton & Lamkin’s t. It. Gano 2 2
Col. Johnson’s ch. h. Fordham 3 3
Time—lst heat 6 00—2 d heat 5 55.
Fanny the favorite, at two to one against the
field, and won the race very handily.
Entries for to day. Purse SBO0 —4 mile heats.
Col Hampton’s ch. h. Santa Anna, by Bertrand Jr.,
©at of Daisy—s years old.
Col. Crowell’s g. m. Omega, by Timoleen, darn by
(>scar —6 years old.
Benton Martin’s z . h. Cavalier Cervantes, by Ber
trand, dam by Sir Andrew —5 years ©id.
Govoynor of South Carolina.
By a slip from the office of the South Carolinian,
we learn that the election for Gover nor and J-ieut.
Governor of South Carolina took place on the 9lh
inst., aad resulted as follows ;
jroa governor. Ist Ballot.
3©ha P. Richardson, 104*
James H. Hammond, .*47
B. K. Hennagan, (not a candidate,) S
David Johnson, “ “ “ 5
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR, Ist Ballot.
Wm. K. Clowney. 94*
James Ferguson, 51
J. S. Ashe, 13
Blank, 1
"Elected.
t The Inauguration of the Governor elect, took
place yesterday.
Virginia.
The Legislature nave net yet fixed on a day for
the election of a United Stiles Senator—Mr. Rives
will doubtless be elected, although the Adminis
tratio'n party are moving’ heaveu and earth against
him. |
.Missouri.
The Van Buieu majority is about 7iUO.
A NswspmK SSpoN-iiru.—Some anonymous
fellow-sufferer published somewhere in some pa
per, the following lament and storv : “Want to
get a few of your papers that have the latest
news ?” .
Certainly, sir—how n any will you have?”
“Oh, three or lour, 1 gt ees will be about enough.
I’m going into the country and want to carry the
news. They say we arc completely used up.”
Here, sir, are the papers.
“Well, I thank you f good bye sir !”
Would that we could jpay paper maker, com
positors, pressmen and devil, as easy as that!
“Thank you, Mr. Devil for your weeks’ work!”
“Ay, and not pav ? No, vou don’t catch this
child !”
Pay we must for the'services of others, and
while we must j>ay, how c an others expect us to
furnish them papers for nothing ? And yel ask
such men to pay for their'papers and they think
it mean and close listed ! I
Publishing papers and giving them away, is a
glorious business, if onlvj extensively followed !
Extensive Robber^. —Another burglary—
the second within eight troys —was committed on
Tuesday night. The jewelry store of Mr. Lavie,
No. 56, Chartres street, was entered and robbed
of jewelry valued at S7OOO, and S9OO in specie.
The robbers climbed the wall in the rear of the
building, descended by a ladder and got into the
store through the back window.—AW Orleans |
Picayune of the 3 d. I
The Mail*-.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says:—
The Wilmington boat brought no mail, yesterday
bevond Petersburg. (Va.;) and there will be five
northern mails due this day. From the particu
lars 1 ven below, it will be seen that we have lit
tle change of receiving a northern mad lor a day
or two yet; and that we will therefore iu all
probability be disappointed as to the expected re
ceipt of the President’s Message to-day.
'Heavy Snow Storm at the North and Impassa
ble Condition of the Mail Houle.
A gentleman has lavored us with the following
intelligence, derived from a letter, dated Peteis
burg, (Va..) the s:h inst., addressed to him by a j
passenger m the Wilmington Boat, which left I
this city on the Ist inst. Tne Boat arrived at j
Wilmington, after a tolerbably sraeoth, but long ;
passage, about 12 o’clock t oon, on the 2d inst-, !
long after the northern cars had left; and the j
passengers were compelled to wait untd half past
10 o’clock next day, wheu they took thecars (the
next boat due from Charleston not having arrived) !
reached Weldon about 10 o’clock P. M. Soon
after leaving Weldon, it began to sleet and snow
and about 2 o’clock A. M., when within 12 miles |
of Petersburg, it became unsafe to proceed fu r ther, '
and thecars remained siationary until about 8
o’clock A. M. Further progress was then made
by main force, and Petersburg was reached about 1
noon (on the 4th inst.) where the passengers
were still remaining on the sth inst., and were i
likelv to two longer. The cars, which left Peters
burg. on the morning of the for Rich
mond. were stopped in consequence of the over
turning of the locomotive. The Engueer and i
two of the attendants were injured.
I Providential Escape of the Hon. Wad nr Thorp- j
toy, from a Shocking Death.
We derive,from the same source, the following
account of the narrow and providential escape of
the Hon. Waudt Thompson from l>eing crushed
to death by the train of cars. When within a
mile and a half of Petersburg, the snow was so
| deep in an excavated part of the road that it was I
j believed the cars could proceed no further, and
S several gentlemen got out to walk to the town, |
among whom was Gen. Thompson. The cars
1 were, however, forced on, and while going pret
; tv rapidly, the locomotive propelling them, they
; overtook Gen. Thompson, who being in the
j middle ot the track, and neither seeing nor being j
I seen, he was knocked down, and the whole *
i train passed over him in a state of insensibility.
We are truly happy to add. however, that al- ’
though much bruised about the face, yet twenty
four hrurs after the accident, he was deemed by j
surgeons and others to have received no material ■
injury ; and it was expected that he would be ’
able to proceed, with his fellow-passengers, to
Washington, as soon a-, the weather snould mo- j
derate and the road become passable with safety. !
Gen. Thompson’s bruises were chiefly about the i
face, which was buried in the snow and must
have been cut by the ice and stones with w hich
it came in contact. 7 here was no indication
whatever of injury to his head ; and although
there was a little soreness about the knees, no
hone was injured.
i 1 ■ -
4 frill
! To be entitled an Act to compel the Several
Banks of this .State to tedeem their liabilities
in specie, and provide for the forfeiture of the !
j charier or charters of such as may refuse.
Section Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate and j
j the Home of Represents ves of the Stale of
Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by ihe authority of the same, j
That oh the first day of January, eighteen hun
dred and forty-one. His Excellency the Gover
nor, shall issue his proclamation, requiring that }
the several Banks of this State, their branches
. or agencies, which have heretofore tailed to re
i deem theft liabilities in gold and silver, and all
other Banks in thus State, shall on or before the j
firr-t day of February, eighteen hundred and I
forty-one, pay to any person or persons, other j
banks or brokers excepted, in specie, every bill, j
note, draft, check, receipt, or money on dcpo»;tc,
(except in cases where such deposites arc bv !
terms of existing contracts, payable otherwise
them in specie,) issued or received, or which may
hereafter be issued or receded by them respec- i
lively, upon demand or presentation ; and in
; case any of said Banks, their branches or agen- i
c ; es. shall then or thereafter, fail, or refuse to
comply with and perform the requi.ernent afore
said promptly, then His Excellency, the Gov
ernor, on due proof thereof, is hereby authorized
and required to cause judi ial proceedings to be
instituted forthwith, against such defaulting i
bunk, in the Superior Court of the county, where |
the same is located, to the end that the charier j
of such Bank may be declared as forfeited and i
amiuUcd, and that the assets of the same be im
mediately placed into the hands of a Receiver,
under adequate iecu'iiy, for the benefit of the
creditors thereof: Provided, The defaulting
Bank shall not within five days after such de
mand and refusal to redeem its bill or bills, pro
duce satisfactory evidence to His Excellency the
Governor, that was an indebtedness then j
due to said Bank by the person or persons de- j
manding specie, and equal fi#the amount#ihen j
demanded.
Bec, 2. And be it J filter enacted by the j
authority aforesaid. That the Governor, in his .
discretion, may employ assistant, counsel to aid
the Attorney or Solicitor-General in the success- j
ful prosecution of such defaulting Bank or *
Banks, and compensate him or tliena pq.r. of auv
monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropri
ated.
Bec. 3. And hr it further enacted by the.
authority aforesaid, That the bills of such de- j
faulting Bank or Banks shall not he received in \
payment of any public dpc or dues, into the
Treasury of this Blate or the Ua;;irai Bank, ex- ;
cept those of tire Central Bank of Georgia, ivpifih |
shall l>e receivable only in payment ot taxesApad
other dues payable to the Stale or Central Bank, j
From the Alexandria Gazette,
The Democratic Party.
Most heartily do we concur with the New York 1
Democratic Press, in its views, as to the true
Democratic party of the United States. We
have ever considered that the principle* wm advo
cated were truly Democratic, and have almost
invariably so called them. We repeat, therefore, i
the following article from the paper above named i
has our full approbation;
“The Whigs and their .Conservative allies are
now emphatically the Demucrplic party of this i
itiion. They arc alike the demonacy of num
bers and the democracy in principle. Their course
has been directly opposed to the concentration of
power in the hands of the national executive and
to the interference of the General Government in
I the local affairs of the States. These were the;
crying sins of the old FcderaFparty, and for this j
the nation cast them out from their high places j
and doomed them to a long minority. During;
the last term of General Jackson, hnd since Mr. |
Van Buren came into power, Federalism of the j
most odious kind his characterised the policy of i
the Administration. . 'The tables have been earn- >
pletely turned; men, assuming the name of;
Democrats, have acted up to and beyond the
worst dogmas of the federal school, while the par
ty upon whom these wolves in sheep’s clothing
have labored to stamp the ignominious seal of
Federalism, have professed and practised the prin
ciples of Thomas Jefferson. 'The counterfeit
democracy, have been postraled by the genuine
republicans ofjlhe country, and the will of the
people is again omnipotent.
| “What claim has the Administration of Martin
[ Van Buren to the title “Democratic?” Why was {
old John Adams termed a Federalist? Was it not
that he strove to curtail the reserved rights of the
Stale Sovereignties, that he endeavored 10 ac
cumulate power in his own hands, that he strove
to muzzle the press and that he in some mea
sures, aflected the state and ceremony of a Euro
pean Court. These were some of the principal |
charges brought against him ; and a people jeal
ous of the least encroachment upon their privil- j
eges and of any even the slightest approximation
to the government from whose galling yoke they
had so recently emancipated themselves, rejected
him when he applied for a new lease of power.
But John Adams never committed such daring
usupations, never ventured so openly to contra
vene, dety and contemn the voice of the people,
as Mr. Van Buren has done. He never attempt
ed to disfranchise a Sovereign State—he never
claimed to be a part ot the Legislature—he never
originated a law. and then forced it upon the peo
ple by a packed House of Representatives mis
representing the popular will, after less subservi- j
ent and more faithful public servants had five
times rejected it—he never wielded the power of
a bribed and pampered press,to destroy the charac
ter of American heroes and statesmen —he never j
charged American merchants with selling their
votes and consciences for “ British Gold’’—he |
never assumed the pomp of royalty in his fund- j
lure and equipages—and, above all, he never at
tempted to recognize a standing army, the worst |
feature in the policy of despotism.
‘•AH these Martin Van Buren has cither directly j
or indirectly done. Rissole aim has been the con- I
centration and the perpetuation of power in his j
own hands. He has w r estled with the people I
for the prize—their highest and dearest piivilegea
! —and they have proved too strong for him.
“ (rj> When the “ great Globe ” at Washing
! ton shall dissolve into its “ original elements,”
will some chemist be kind enough to send us the
result of such an analysis as he may make? We
shall receive it as a compliment and a favor.
Will ordinary lie dissolve it?” —Crescent City
The component parts of the “ great Globe ”
are numerous and of a corrupting nature. We
have taken some pains to analyse it, and shall
forthwith present our inquisitive friend of the
Crescent City with a correct account of the in
gredients that makes up the curious compound, j
For the sake of accuracy, we suppose it to con- ,
sist of I**oo parts, say
Jubegral matter, 1000
COMPONENT PA UTS,
Malice .75
Manner 242
Envy 60
Vcnaiity 260
Rapacity 220
Shrewdness 100
Honor 2
Hood faith
Sincerity
Political integrity 4
Frightened babes 40
1000
I
j The Crescent City asks if ordinary lie dis
: solves it? By no means; it rather keeps it afloat. !
It is totally insoluble in all the usual menstruum?. |
j But when subjected to the action of the concen-
I iratcd solution of Truth, a singular change is
j visible. It appears to be violently agitated froths i
and foams a good deal, seems to have an inherent !
antipathy for the article, and to abhor its power, j
as Nature abnors a vacuum. After a while, !
however, it gradually diminishes, and insensibly
evaporates into thin air, leaving behind no token
of its presence, save an extremely offensive odor, i
Upon careful examination, one may discern at j
the bottom of the alembic, an exceedingly mi- ;
tiuie quantity of some substam e, which from an :
apparent want of affinity with the other c»mpu- 1
nent parts of the Globe, has separated from them, j
A very careful examination lias enabled us to '
ascertain the nature of this article—it is a mix
-1 ture of Sincerity, Good Faith, and Political In
| tegrity, but such extremely small proportion to j
j the other materials, that the most Ivnx-eyed vision
| can alone delect it.™JV*. O. Bee.
Salaries of Governors*
That “bright penny,” the Baltimore Sun, has i
‘ been curious in comparing the salaries of the
1 dillerent Governors, in the various States of the j
Union. From the (Sun's rays, we are able to
j mist the following list of compensations:
Governor Roman, of Louisiana, £75*10 j
Grayson, Maryland, 4200 i
Seward, Mew York, 4000
Porter, Pennsylvania, 4000
McDonald, Georgia, 4000
Morton, Massachusetts, 3666
Hennigan, S. Carolina, 3500
Hilmer, Virginia, 3333
McNutt, Mississippi, 3000
Letcher, Kentucky, 2500
Reid, Florida Ter. 2500
Dodge, Wisconsin, 2500
Lucas, lowa, 2500
Pennington, New Jersey, 2000
Moorehead, N, Carolina, 2000
Conway, Arkansas, 2000
Polk, Tennessee, 2000
Woodbridge, Michigan, 2000
Reynolds, Missouri, 2000
Fairfield, Maine, 1500
Shannon, Ohio, 1500
Bigger, Indiana, 1500
Carlin, Illinois, 1500
Comegys, Delaware, 1333
Page, New Hampshire, 1200
Ellsworth, Connecticut, 1100
Jcnnison, Vermont, 750
/ving, Rhode Island, 400
_ ___
From the G messed Farmer.
Manage me nt of Fruit Trees,,
Preparin'' the Ground for Planting. —The
first requisite to procure a good orchard is to se-
UyCJt a dry piece of land. A sandy loam is pre
! ferable, but aay laud will answer if it is suliicient
|ly dry. The land should be manured, ploughed
j at least to the depth of one foot. smd planted with
i some hoed crop the year previous to setting the
i Uoec. Potatoes are preferable, as they leave the
ground well pulverized.
Trimming the Top in transplanting.— Trees
when first set should he very‘cautiously trimmed,
and all or nearly uil the top should be left the
i first season. I kimw ‘hat in this particular I
; differ from the commonly received opinion. But
I I have learned by sad experience, that Uttßing ofl
and mutilating the, top* at the time ol transplant*
i ing, retards their growth at least one-half, lor the
| fir?t five years. 1 shall here adduce some reasons
| why I think it a bad practice, setting aside my
experience on the subject. The leaves ol trees
aud .vegefihJes are the lungs, through which the
sap is eial.OiUvod .and converted into vegetable
fibre. This process “ cousfsts in the dccompo
| sition of carbonic acid gas, is either brought to
j the leaves by the sap. or absorbed directly by the
! atmosphere. The substance of all plants is most
ly carbon ; and as carbon {# jUg common state,
however nrnuteiy divided, is mostly ,>Jcen Up bv !
ih< saj) of plants, this most essential ingredieM*
j* obtained in the form of carbonic acid gas, from
Vhfch the oxygen is separated by the leaves un
der lilft aoi-ion of light, leaving the carbon ready
for assimilation s>r conversion into vegetable fi
bre.” From this statement it will be seen that
tiie leaves and roots act mutually’; the one is as
necessary as the other to promote the growth of
the tre*, pnd without this concert of action tne i
sap would ascend and descend without adding
any thing to the tree; and when the sap returns
without being elaborated in the leaves, the roots
cense to grew, or at least grow very little the first
season.
:gwjrwrir ~r;»i mmi m wmm, i i'wi n Misery”""*
Washing the Trunk. —Trees should be wash
ed annually with soft soap, and well rubbed with
a woolen cloth. This is me best preparation that
I ever tried to destroy lice, and give a healthy ap
pearance to the trees.
Orchards should he well ploughed and planted
to some hoed crop for four or five years.
Erie Co., IS4U. ‘ A. W. B.
Lazy People.—Tnanks to Heaven and our
ancestors, and to all others who had any hand in
making us what we are ; thanks to them one and
all that we fvere not born lazy. Laziness has
been the parent of all the sins tnat have been com
mitted since the morning of creation. Eve was
in a lazy fit at the time satan tempted her; if
Adam had kept her busy, she would have kept
out of mischief, and we should all have been as
innocent and as happy as young lambkins. If
the antedeluvians had commenced building arks,
when Noah preached to them, they might all
have been saved : but they were too lazy to work,
and so they were drowned in the great aequa
cious catastrophe. The reason the Egyptians re
fused to let tho Israelites go was because they
were too lazy to make their own bricks,and wish
ed to compel the Hebrews to do that work for
them. The consequences are all known ; they
were plagued grievously, and afterwards drowned
in the Red Sea. Lazy people in our own days,
are constantly plagued themselves, and are ever
lasting plagues andjeyesores to others. The sight
of a creeping, listless, indolent m n, or woman
is misery to the tnnfly, and industrious People of
this class are without friends, they are abhorred
by their own relations, and universally dreaded.
They not only hate to work themselves, hut they
1 hate to see work done, and would fain have the
, whole world, a* useless and inactive as they are.
Os this kidney are oui loungers, who delight in
hanging about workshops, printing otlice£, and
every place where they can interrupt business.
Had we, as Homer expresses it,
‘A hundred mouths, a thousand tongues,
A throat of brass and adamantine lungs,
we could scaracely find time and strength to exe*
crate, such characters. —Philadelphia Ledger.
The Doubly Betrothed : or, the Huiity
Conscience
Founded on Fact.
*BT J. T. S. SULLIVAX, ESq.
j “ Thus conscience doth make cowards of us ait.”
[Sha/rspeare.
Near Coire, in the Orisons, on the road from
Lenz, the traveller’s attention is arrested by the
picturesque ruins of the castle of Ingegfels, an
ancient fortification built on the first rising oi
the towering rocks, that appear above its dilapi
dated turre.s in the back ground. A pnriion
of these crumbling remains have been renovated,
and were at the lime to which this narrative, re
ers, inhabited by one Stanzoeiger, a worthy old
man. and a deserved host. Many a weary tra
veler sought for rest and refreshment at his door,
j am* never sought in vain.
His affability and willingness to oblige and
; make his guests comfortable had given the “cas
| tie inn” a very desirable reputation.
During the early summer months of the year
! 1787 an English gentleman, on his return Iron,
j a winter’s residence in Italy stopped at this hos
: pilable dour and requested accommodations for
1 the night. Our host appeared in great distress;
| he said his bouse was so l ull, that he feared he
S might be unable to lodge “ milord” in a manner
! suiting his rank, although he could give him the
nc.-t supper he had eaten since he left Italy.
There being no alternative between an uncom
fortable night in his carriage and the accommo
i Jation offered by Stauzberger, he at once aligfal-
I ed, and entered the famous inn.
Supper was soon set before our traveller, and
! full justice done to the viands. “Now, for bed,”
' said the Englishman.
I “ Milord,” replied Stsnzherger, 14 all my best
apartments are occupied, but the picture room
j is large aud commodious, and you may not be
! disturbed as others have been.”
; “ Picture room ?" inquired the stranger, “and
I raav not Be disturbed as others have been ; what
j mean ye, landlord ? Is the room beset by hob
i goblins and ghosts?”
i “Oh no, milord,” replied our host; “there is
a picture only, which nas produced a disagreea
ble riled upon nearly all who liave seen it.”
j “Nonsense!"' responded the Englishman ; “if
a picture is all that is to make me uncomfortable
j for the night, I have no fears as to rny enjoying
! a good night's rest. So, show me this picture
room, and awake meat an early hour.”
Finding himself alone, the traveller exanrin
icd his apartment. It was an old-fashionea room,
wainscoted with oak, the cornices richiy carved,
and ornamented witii rude devices. Here ami
there hung an old dusty portrait ol some ances
tor of the Slanzberger family, but in none could j
he discover anything to give rise to the fears of!
the old man. He laughed at the superstition of i
his host, and prepared for bed. His bed stood
opposite a fire place of huge dimensions; such
as arc usually found in these ruins of an'iqui- j
ly, over which protruded the grotesque carving
in wood, unquestionably a work of great skill lor
the days of their origin, in bold relief. On cast
ing a hurried glance at these crude ornaments,
our traveller discovered a small picture in their
centre, which, till now, had escaped his scrutiny,
shaded as it had been by the projecting wood
i work that encircled It.
“This may be the picture ,” said he, as he
rose to examine it. And soil proved. It repre
sented a face only, but so hideous, so perfectly
executed, that at first he could hardly believe it to
he a work of art. He took his light to examine
it more closely. The glaring eye, the lacerated
cheek, the distorted and mutilated nose and
mouth, and the gore-c!otted curls, were frightful.
He put his linger to the canvas to satisty his
senses it was not of flesh, yet feared to touch the
wound, dreading llie contact of the black blood
that ooped from it.
“ Damnable*” ejaculated the stranger, as he
once again approached his bed. It vvps in vain
—?the picture haunted him—and he again neared
it, to satisfy himself it was a work oi art. This
he did several times, until the ghastly expression
of the features so worked upon his imagination
in the dim light of his huge and but seldom fre
quented apartment, that he rushed from the hated
room, and determined to spend the night below.
He paced the large hail where he had supped
on his arrival, until the grey streaks of morning
broke in upon him. With returning dav, the
visions and impressions of the night vanished,
and vvuen the landlord inquired after his night’s
rest, lie felt ashamed to confess the cause, and laid
his sleeplessness to iil-heaUh and over-fatigue.
Too much exhausted to pursue his journey,
he determined to'defer his departure until the
■next morning, and, if possible to learn the his
tory of that dreadful picture. He rose at noon,
much refreshed after a morning’s slumber, and
sauntered about among the ruins and ancient
woods of the neighborhood, enjoy ing the beauti
ful scenery and the varied views of the surroun
ding Alps. 4 s evening approached, ne desired
the landlord would lav,,, him with his company
at supper, an invitation oar talkative host could
not fgfnse, and whiled away the time* by scrib
bling ife cpcHasUng nuisancp, a journal, too
often the daiiy record of ths folly and simplicity
of travelers, wherein may bf foifmj she vanity
and idle ambition of men ; whom we hayg here
tofore deemed n» least sensible specimens of our
race, and now are forced to confess them tha vic
tims of the weak egotism of the male sex.
Supper was announced, and our worthy host
appeared >;i his best suit, prepared to annoy his
guest with all the local adventures ot his me
mory. His tongue acquired additional vigor
from his frequent potations of the good Rhenish, .
and he talked on in a manner that made nis Very 1
unceasing tones at length appear like the monoto
nous silence ot solitude—at lea-t so far as the
power lo reflect on subjects entirely foreign to
his discourse, was concerned. Nothing daunted
by the marked indifference and inattention of the
stranger, he allowed himself to hurry on m all
the wild, and what to him appeared, intensely
interesting incidents of his own life, until the
traveller put a stop to his narrative by assuming
the conversation in the midst of one ot lus. to
himself, inspired episodes.
-I am forced to confes--, worthy host,” com
menced the Englishman, ••that my rest last night
was much disturbed by a certain picture in my
apartment, from which, I presume, mat room de
rives its named’
“The picture over the fire-place?” inquired
the old man.
“The same,” replied the stranger, “and I would
I be glad to learn the name of the able artist, who
could so'’depict distorted nature.”
“His name I know not,” said the host, “but
the history of the picture I can give you. and
that is all I know ot the artist who painted it.—
About three ybars ago, one cold winter evening,
when travellers but seldom visit our desolate
mountains, I was startled at the sound of a car
riage and loud knocking at the gate. A stranger
demanded entertainment, and was of course ad
mitted. He desired supper to be served tor two,
and requested me to join him. Desirous of learn
-1 ing some news of the world, I gladly accepted
j the invitation. At supper, I W’as struck by his
, peculiar manner, his emaciated form, and the
wild and settled melancholy of his countenance.
He eat but little, and oftentimes during our con
versation, in w hich, however, he exhibited but
little interest, lie would turn his head, apparently
with unwillingness and fear, first to his left and
then to hi* right shoulder, as if he saw some
thing behind him, and then turn back again
startled ana shuddering.
“Anxious to learn the cause of his distress. I
inquired if he were ill. Ho replied peevishly in
the negative,.and seemed so much annoyed at the
question, that I did not repeat it again. He re
tired for the night to au apartment in the north
wing of my house, where I heard, long after
midnight, groans ami exclamations which so
alarmed me, that I hastened to his aid, fearing
he might be ill, or some one might have entered
Ids room. Ou knocking, he opened the door in
his n;ght dress, evidently having just arisen from
his bed, and with a fearful expression of counte
nance, his eyes wildly glaring, he informed me
that the cause of the disturbance had been noth
ing hut a bad dream and the nightmare, and de
sired in future to be relieved from all farther in
trusion.
“On the following morning he sent for me. I
found him walking to and fro in his apartment,
laboring under excessive agitation.
‘•I desire to leave this part of the house in- i
stantly, and to be furnished with a commodious
room elsewhere,” said he.
“I at once gave him the choice ol all the lodg- !
ings in the house, and he schctad the one where !
you slept la-t night. Heie he remained locked
up, receiving his meals through the half-openeu
door, for weeks, permitting no one to enter, and
never leaving the apartment himself.
“One day he unexpectedly ordered post-horses,
ana as he entered this room to settle uis account, j
he presented me with some papers, and a roll of j
canvas.
“When I am gone.” said he, “have this pic- .
lure carefully inserted in the circle over the tire
place of my apartment. It will tit in, for I nave
measured it. Should any inquire after the artist
who executed it, let hirq read these papers.”
“rie tossed me a purse of gold, and instantly
left the house. A few days afterwards, the pos
lilhon returned, and stated that the stranger nad 1
committed suicide at the next post-h«use.”
“Could I see those papers?” inquired the j
stranger.
-Certainly,” said the host, rising to get them. I
-Should you not feci inclined to repose again in !
that room, you will find ample interest to while
away the night by their perusal. They are in
Italian; I do not read the language, but have
heard the contents translated.”
So saying, he produced the papers after a few ;
j moments’ absence, and delivered them to the
Englishman. Wishing his guest good night, af
ter inquiries as to his further wants, the land
lord took his leave. The stranger opened the !
mysterious package, and having read attentively,
copied it? contents. Translated they ran thus;—
-I am a son of one of the wealthiest and most
respectable noblemen of the city of Bologna. In
my youth I fell in love with the Countess of C—.
one of the most fascinating women of her day
peace to her ashes!—ai.d was blest in the reci
procation of my passion. Our parents had long
! been enemies, the result of an ancient family
feud, whose inimical feelings had descended dm -
j ing two generations to the children. Love con
j quers all things, and it mastered in our young
hearts the hatred that had so long existed between
the two houses. We met in secret for years, and
when I had entered upon the p.ecarious stage ot
manhood, I confessed my adoration, and was
drunk with delight on hearing the soft avowal :
of reciprocated passion from those lips I was ;
doomed never to caress.
“Two years had passed, yet had I not,found
i courage to demand of Count C the hand of
his daughter. My father died, and I came into
possession of his vast estate s. Having given no
evidence of that animosity to the family of Count ;
C . which my father never failed to exhibit, j
and trusting to the vain hope of conquering the j
hatred of the Count, I sought his presence, and
asked the hand of the Countess. Enraged at my
unexpected request, J was ordered never to cross j
the threshold ot his palace again.
“I t; ct the Countess, described the scene and !
the insult offered me, and endeavored to persuade
her to elope. This she strenuously refused, and
with filial attachment depicted the sorrow she
would indict upon tbe gray hairs of her aged pa- ,
rent by such a step.
“Many w ere the suitors that sought to win ike !
hand already pledged to me, but in vain; all were J
rejected. r I he Countess exhibited soon a fearful
change. The rose faded from the check, the lus
tre from her eye, and indifference to surrounding
objects became more and more visible every day.
A change in myself had likewise attracted atten- j
tion. and our mutual attachment was on the .
tongue of friend and enemy.
The Count relented, and having sought an in
terview', informed me that, for the sake of his
child he would banish the remembrance of the I
pa§t and look upon my suit mare favorably. “Ab
sent your-self-one year from Bologna,” said he, i
“and if you return with the same feelings you now
profess, my daughter shall be yours.” 1 willing- 1
!y acceded to this proposal, and look my leave,
“Having cultivates a taste tor painting from my
you* a. I determined to visit Koine, and there study
the great masters in the art. The hour ot part
ing arrived—l sought the Countess, renewed my
pledge of faith and love, and receiving hers, left
her with the firm belief that she vvouid oe mine
|as soon as the period of trial had elapsed. It was
a vain hope! Treachery thwarted me, and 1 am
a wreck.
“I reached Rome. I engaged arduously in my
study. I occupied my mind with every pursuit •
tending to make me the idol of my heart. Four
had passed, and vet no letter, no token, no i
sign ot a flection came in reply to mine. K I bt- j
came restless and uneasy, 1 never dreamed of
the possibility ff her infidelity; I could not bring I
my mind to injure her by ihe tliopght—and it 1
would have wronged her pure spirit, to have
charged it with such a crime. Month after
month elapsed—still no evidence of her contin
ued affection reache 1 me# I felt an innate sense
that our letters were intercepted. I consoled my
| self as well as the slight hope now left me would
■ permit, and thought in ont .
■ clasp her to my beating, heart, and calM 1 sl:ai ‘
! ’ e * S «rn. It was a vaiuhuw M
dered about restless and exhausted. ()i!i ‘
a n intimate friend from hologm ID if* 1
I c °S nize first, such chafes not *•
, anxiety wrought upr, n my frame- SUc i. _ r( ' nat ar lt
phoae haa sleeple*., nights produced -
i ni 7; ,U o, , doubts an,J <ear * were happin^J o^
, cold reality to which I was destined ,o^“^
I inquired after the Countess. The y
of my friend changed; he looked at me sZi'*' 011
,ly ; felt my heart sinking within me.
capable of one more effort, th ,t of rene-oh. D,?
j ‘lotion, is betrothed.” he replied
i mernbered nothing more. After a lew week '*l
awoke from toe delirious fever into w hich.h: V
tal news had thrown me. fan * a '
rounded me. 8 Uccs •*-
I “ 1 as stil! in A letter w a3 ha„Aa
j rre. It was from her. I broke the seal- “A, S
j sl,e wrofe > “ this day the year expires
are not her.. I, i, toe true-you
i Another claims you as her own ! V oa p f . '
to your vows, false to me ! I have consented n
j await this day, and if you came not c | a j |n J
I promi-ed my aged father to yield, and
row sees me another’s bride.' Let niv leiJ 1 "’
i written during your absence, during a sepaLf*’
which the trust in your fidelity has alone I! a ?
: supportable, and which could call no respo - E
from you. remain as monuments »f the dom
heart you have broken. Farewell. Ferna,
Vt e shall meet no more! You will neverVi
I a lo ™ mort> pure, more disinterested, more «i.
i sacrificing than the one you have di>caided ,M
j. “ j saw it all—every treachery had been Drap .
j tised, every lalsehood invented lo turn the cu
rent of our loves. It flashed upon me like ts
j lightning’s flash, and 1 relapsed again into nr
former delirium. After an interval ot a mcnii
1 I was again myself, but now only the shadow
I ->°‘hing was left my on earth but dt>p a i r a J
. revenge. The thought of revenge quickened mv
'little remaining strength, and I soon found mv.
; self on my wayto my native city. I arrived at
j night, and gave orders to my household not to
promulgate my return. I was obeyed, and th UB
j became the unseen observer of Ml that w a «g o in®
on about me. I once met her—how charged
| was sile! h(, w pallid the cheer k that could once
have vied with the rose-leaf; how lustreless the
1 e . ve where love once held bis dazzling throne
how- faded the grapeful outline of a form that
! might have served a model for Canov a ! I Wr)U lfl
have spoken, hut my longue adhered to mv
mouth. .She saw’ me not, hut passed me by. 1
( never saw her more! That single glimpse
j brought back to my heart all the warm anguish
o! my youth—all the Are of my first born love!
I could not linger on it in such misery. I de
-1 lermmed to see, te tell her of my enduring afiec
j lions, to convince her of my fidelity. I wroteto
her. and entrusted the communication to aeon
j fidential servant, with orders to deliver it inse
cret, and to her in person. He accomplished
mv wishes. hme read the loud confession—the
letter dropped trom her hand, and she sunx lack
insensible. The servant seized my letter before
, the attendants reached the C’ountess’ side, and
1 returned with the news of the sad result. From
that shock she never recovered. I followed her
,to the grave. I did not weep—l did not mean.
I felt a joy that she at last was mine—at least no
mortal could claim her as his own. I felt a
! fiendish exultation spring to life within me, and
my whole soul was centered in the longing for
rpvenge. Count C. had dud soon alter his
daughter's nuptials, and no one s. emed left for
my victim bat ti.e unfortunate bridegroom, and
him I marked.
He had wo n tbe only flower I had cherished
from my youth ; for this I hated -him ; he had
j taken her when ,e knew her heart was given to
j another, fur this I swore vengeance—nor waited
j lons for an opportunity. Same tune after her
i death, he re-vDitcd alone the summer palace,
where he had ei joyed so many hours of undis
turbed h rppir-ess with that being whose decease
had blotted out all the light that still beamed on
my path. The moon was shining brightly. I
could distingiush every approaching form as I lay
in ambush at the road side. He at length ap
peared. He rode heedlessly along, nor awaited
the doom that was impended over him. I drag
geu him to the earth ; one blow, and he lay sense
less at my feet. Fearful that he might yet be
alive, I seized a ciub that lay near me, and in
flicted a heavy blow on his bead. With his blood
died away my feelings of revenge; with his hie,
expired, too. my sense of injury ; and as I gazed
upon his mutilated features, a voice whispered,
“He is innocent I” It was mv conscience. At
that moment the houghs alx ve us parted w ith a
sudden breath of wind ; the ravs of the moon
fell upon that mangled face; I saw the ghastly
expression of the dead countenance, and fled the
spot a madman. \ ears I've wandered over fo
reign lands; yet £0 where I will, the demon fol
lows me, whispering “ murderer ” in 'my ear;
look where I will, and see!—that fearful counte
nance meets my eye. The thought of death is
terrible, yet lite has grown a hiueous burthen to
j me. In thisdread mountain of desolation, where
the wir.ds howl, and the tempest unmolested
sports amid the towering Alpine pines, here have
I chosen this spot to transfer that demon to the
, canvas, that I may grow familiar with his damn
ed grinning. My work is done ; I cannot look
upon it; it equals not the demon’s glaring, fiend
: ifh face.
“To the stranger who may be tempted to read
tlus sketch ol a broken heart, and repining con
science, let me say that treachery and deception
drove me mad. Let me ask an impartial judg
merit at his hand, and let me request ol him
j never to inquire the name of one who is wedded
to a persecuting demon —u guilty conscience.'
It was day before the traveller had finished his
tasK. He immediately ordered his carriage, and
hastened to leave a spot where he had passed 1
night not soon to be forgotten.
From the Evening Post.
A FRAGMENT.
She -vr-.s a bright and beautiful being, such as
we see in oui dreams of fairy land—no cloud
dimmed the radiance of her eye or shadowed the
lightness ot that brow ‘where love sat throned,’
■—she seemed like the habitant of some far off
clime ot sunny skies and sparkling fountains,
w here song-birds sport amid the sweet air, and.
carol forth their music from the invisible spirit oi
joyousness—and 1 loved her; How wildly 1
loved that girl.
• * » * *
M e met when I was in the dawnef existence*
when life was all springtime and flowers, and the
stream of time went laughing on amid the *vio
let banks’—scarce a ripple disturbing the calm
ness ot its waves, or ruffling the serenity of it*
flow. To me the past seemed a blank. I kne*
no happiness that was Viot centered in the present
and that present was Ida. s>he gave the colors
to all my bliss, and made each scene oi beauty
more pleasing, i have gone forth when the moon
was riding high above, and each thought and in
tent was made sacred by the holv stillness ot the
hour—and there , by the timehaunted shrine ot
memory dedicated to thee , has thy image been
worshipped. Time, change, circumstance, place
all forgotten—my spirit dwelt but witn th.ee- •
saw f.Vfe in all rny high and fond aspirations for
fame and glory ; thine was the name that linge;
red to bring me delight whenever it was uttered;
instinctively it touched the chords ot niemotv
and the sounds of melody they emitted, breathed
a sweeter charm than that which drew the warn
or to the tented field to bat’le in the cause ot I'*'
dy Love. That charm was Ida. Apart hom
the sunlight of that influence, the world held no
1 share or part in my affections; they were all tieas*
