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HOTZ AXiSOlVAHi
OR THE
SORCERESS OF MOMTILLO
A ROMANTIC TALE.
Sullen and sad to fancy’s frighted eye,
Did shapes ofdun and no rky dew advance.
In train tiimi'.liuouf,aud of g3sturestrar.ee,
And passing horrible! C1IARACTACL.-.
(CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.)
Marano having closed his narrative, the
friends adjourned to take repose.—W hen
the Marquis d’Antares awoke, lie told
Rondo toUiflch Furialza, but the manner
of his famnful servant surprised him, and
he demanded if lie had suficred her to es
cape? “ San Pedro he my comfort! Se-
nor, said Rmido, I believe the devil has
floivn away with the old sorceress, for a
black man enquired for her, and I shewed
him to her room.—-Not finding him return,
I went to look after them, when h>! they
had both vanished ! So, your honor, the
devil is in it if this was not tiie devil, and
I think they are both of them best away
from us!”—The Marquis was not a little
•fleeted bv this strange incident, and re
quested Rondo to keep it secret.—When
'.he Marquis’s new guests had ".risen, they
were introduced to dementia, who was
fcept in ignorance of Amaranta’sstory, and
Seraphina was consigned to the care ot
her new sister-in law, while the M que,
and Marano hastened to Madrid. When
they arrived, litey drove to the quarter < 1
rhe Inquisition, and accosted the porter,
whose silence precluded every informa
tion. Hence they repaired to the Count
de Bellara’s, and had scarcely entered,
before the room door was opened by two
persons habited in black robes ol a pecu
liar form. “ Marquis d’Antares and Mar
ano de Pinato,” said one of them, “ we
cite you before the most Holy Office.—
Follow us in silence, and withont delay! ”
As the summons of these officers of reli
gious justice admitted of no evasion, they
entered their carraige with them, and,
when they arrived, were conducted
through dreary vaults and passages to sep
arate cells, to await their attendance in
the dreadful hall of absolute power.
Every thing being ready for the exam
ination, on the third night after the Grand
Inquisitor took his seat in the Black Hall,
round which every symbol that could ter-
ify and appal the mind was exhibited.—
Don Algonah, as the father ol the murder
ed lady, took his post opposite the Judge,
ind was commanded bv one ol the fathers
to reveal the cucums’ances of Ins daugh
ter’s death. “Most. holy, fat heirs,” sa’d
Algonah, “ I obey willingly.—I had two
daughters, the props of my declining years,
whose affections the Marquis d’Antares
and Maraud de Pinato have endeavoured
to seduce.—-To prevent Amaranta from
ruin, I placed her und >r your immediate
care, in the convent of the Dominican
Nuns, while I repaired on business to
Grenada. When T returned to my castle,
1 found rav daughter dementia had down.
I pursued iiA r M "h uh and there found
that she lived with die Marquis d'Ann
ies in at) itiiholv nn '‘ learned ;n>o
tint your sacred wall.-, .''"'d' 1 net serine
-rii v daughter '\m rare a fi'mi seduction.—
Under this impression f ern'is.' 1 '! niv se,-
vant Pedro to tr > verse the prec. h *'S (, t die
g t' -’en ; being unwilling, Imwever, ott the
fatal night to remain inactive at heme,
went after him to be an eve witness’ n h v_
self.—I arrived at the garden about twelve
but could not perceive Pedro. A laddt r
was placed against the will, which, forget
ful of my duty, I mounted and deceitded
into the sacred garden.:—Judge, holy fa
ther, what was my horror, when I beheld
my daughter Amaranta bleeding on the
ground ; Olivaro clothing himself in her
vestments, and a nun, named Emelina,
wrapping the body in the Marquis’s cloke,
the more easily to convey it away. Struck
with terror, I flew back to see tor Pedro,
and I found him on the other side of the
wall, struggling with a stranger, whom I
have since learned was Marano de Pinato.
This man first shot my servant, wounded
me severely with the sword he had taken
from Pedro, of which I am extremely ill.
This holy fathers, is all the truth : the rest
is known to your officials.’
“There is an evident absurdity,” said
one of the Inquisitors, “ in a young man
scaling the walls of a convent to liberate
his mistress, and then murdering her.—
Fi r the present Don Algonah, you are to
withdraw.”
Olivaro was next ordered into their
presence. After the usual oaths, the Su
preme of the Court ordered him to make
his confession. “ Iconfess that I
calmly. ** I should have rejoiced at it, it
it had not saved Algonah from death by
the hand of his vile instrument Pedro.—
I am the only male relation of the Don,
and I am selected by a higher power than
sits here to bring him to justice, for crimes
greater than the murder of his own daugh
ter, which originated in a mistake. Holy
fathers, the accusation against me is too
malicious and shallow to merit your atten
tion—not so the secret charges I pledge
myself to substantiate against Algonah.”
—“ Remember,” said one of the Inquisi
tors, “ you confess you have secrets—
these the tribunal must know.—Look on
that dagger, and say whose it is?” “ It is
at present mine,” said Marano; “ but
how 1 came by it I shall inform you when
Algonah is confronted with tne.—I there
fore, Reverend Fathers, acccuse him of
murder, and crimes worse ihan adultry
this poiniard is the witness !” At this mo
ment a drop of blood was observed to fall
from the dagger. “ Blessed Spirit!
exclaimed the Supreme, “this is a soletnu
business !—Lead the prisoner hence, aud
let the court be adjourned !”
On the fourth day after, at midnight,
the court again sat for the final determina
tion. An unusual degree of solemnity
prevailed, and the lighted tapers, added
to the b'acK fantastic habits of the Supre-
ma and the officials, gave no faint sketch
of what might be supposed to be an infer
nal tribunal. Pictures of criminals, ex
piring in flames and tortures, were painted
on the walls, and every object wore the
liverv of death. To make the scene more
horrific, on-one side was placed the corpse
of Amaranta on a bier, and on the other
that of Pedro; tapers were lighted at the
head and feet of each, and shewed at once
their features and the progress ot the bo
dies to putrescence. Algonah first toos.
his seat. Pale from his wound, and sul
len fnm wounded pride, lie resolved to
brave every confession of guilt, seeing that
lie had nothing to fear from lus agent
Pedro. Olivaro and Marano were placed
opposite to him, and the Marquis d’An
tares had a seat by himself.—The Supre
mo, after expatiating on the mercy of the
holy court, exhorted the Don again to
confess.—Upon his refusal, Marano was
directed to exhibit his charges against the
accused.—This he did by relating bis ad
ventures, from the meeting with the
have been the cause ofdcath to two of the
snost excellent women, and that I have
committed sacrilege, bn', holy father, mu
intentionally.—Amaranta is innocent of
crime : she came to refuse my love, to tell
me she had chosen heaven for her husband.
—I sought to free her from thetyrmny
f a cruel father, by whom she was sh t
dead in my arms!—But my friend Oiiva-
ro’s testimony would blast the monster if
he were here.”—Olivaro then related his
first interview with Amaranta, and the
Don’s subsequent condemnnation of hi-
daughter to the habit.”
When Olivaro wasordered to withdraw,
[Marano came forward, attended by his
mu'es.—On the table lay the nagger, witli
every thing he had about his person when
lie was seized, which were now placed
there as evidences of his presumptive guilt.
—Having l ceil sworn, the Suprema de
manded if he was guilty of the murder of
Pedro. I am guilty !” replied Marano
wounded soldier in the defile, to ins aria
val in the court of the Inquisition. When
he had done Algonah addressed the Court
on the absurd and romantic nonsense Ma
rano had detailed, and concluded by as
serting that he could produce nothing in
proof of what ho had advanced. The
Marquis d’Antars then demanded of Al
gonah if he knew the dagger lying on the
table.—Algonah replied in the negative,
and ar the same moment, a hollow groan
issued from the body of Pedro; the Court
looked at each other with affright.—
“ Hearken to the dead !” said D’Antares
—“if you will not confess!—With the
permission of the Court I would ask Al
gonah what were the objects I beheld in
the horrid chamber, when I pursued Pe
dro, after his attempt to assassinate me ?”
“ 1 take heaven to witness that I am igno
rant of what you allude to!” said the Don.
As he spoke, the tapers at the corpse of
Pedro expired, and his dead lips seemed
convulsively to heave, as if about to con
tradict the false assertion of Algonah.
The Inquisitors themselves saw it, and
looked terrified.—■“ Tell what ’he cham
ber contained !’’ exclaimed the Snprema,
“or the rack shall force it from you !”—
“ I know nothing of the chamber alluded
to,” replied the Don, hardily. “You
deny also,” said the Suprema, “any
knowledge of your two wives?”—“I do,”
said Algonah. A sigh was heard from
the corpse of Amaranta. “ Note that!”
said the Suprema, “ and now Marquis,
proceed.”—“ Who was it,” said d’An-
t.n es, “ that pursued me to take my life ?
Who has embittered my days by the spells
of enchantment? Who prompted the
murderer Pedro,to assassinate me at noon
day ? Who attempted the honor of his
own daughter ?—Say, whose bones are
(host? in the lungeon of your castle?—
The guilty Algonah is silent.—Now,
therefore, Marano, do you bring the proof
to these questions !” “ First,” said
Marano, “let Algonah place his tight hand
on the cold and inanimate breast of his
dead daughter, and swear by the holy
ghost of heaven that he is innocent of her
death !” Algonah trembled. “ Rise !”
said the Suprema ;—“ take the bloody
dagger, advance to the body and swear by
heaven !”
He again hesitated.—“ Ifyou are inno
cent,” said the Suprema, “ why do you
shrink from what is required?” “ I do ;
not shrink,” said Algonah, firmly.—“ It |
is for the guilty only to tremble !” As he j
touched the breast of the pallid corpse,
the blood gashed out anew, and he stood
petrified to the spot. In vain lie essayed
to wipe it from his hand; it stuck to it
like a burning flame ; while profuse drops
of sweat poured down his face, and the
eves of die deceased opened and stared at
him. Even Algonah and ihe whole Court
hid their faces for a few minutes, from the
awful regard of the shrouded Amaranta.
“ Don Algonah,” said the Suprema,
“your guil. is cleatlv manifest.—The
poaiard which did the deed exactly fits
the sheath found in your bosom when ta
ken.—Olivaro too, is highly guilty, but
n <t of the death of your daughter.—Next
bring forward the proof of the existence
of Algonah’s wlyes, and of his other dia
bolical deeds—such proof that he cannot
resist, baldened as he is ia blood and
ctimes!”
[For the National Journal.]
Queries—arising out of Gen. Jackson s
Beverly Letter.
The “ proposition” said by Gen. Jack-
sou to have been made to him was, that
ue should assent to- a pledge to be made
in his behalf by his friends, that, in the
event of his election, Mr. Adams shall not
be continued Secretary of State.
This proposition is stated to have been
made by “ a member of Congress of high
respectability,’’who professed to “ come
as a friend to Gen. Jackson—who hoped
the communication he was about to make
would not produce “ any change of friend
ship or feeling” between them, because of
the “ friendly motives” towards the Gen
eral bv which he was actuated—and who
to all this received as reply from the Gen
eral, to wit: “ From your high standing j
as a gentleman and a member of Cougress i
and from your uniform, friendly, and gen- ,
tlemanlv conduct towards me, I cannot j
suppose you will make any commumca- ,
tion to me, which you suppose is impro-.
Therefore, your motives being j
GENERAL WASHINGTON
His relation, Geoige Washington Cur
tis, Esq. has recently, in the newspapers,
described his person in a more satisfactory
manner, than it bad been before done, to
our knowledge.. The physical, harmo
nized with the intellectual and moral be-
la the prime of life, his height was
ing.
six feet two inches ; his average weight
about two hundred and twenty pounds,
and his whole person of the noblest
mould ; his limbs were admirably propor
tioned : the first sinewy, agile, and well
of its dtantle, A pink dress with a white
gauze or thin dress over it, has a very in
teresting and delicate effect, and is the
way 1 would recommende pink being
worn.
Blue, is a colour that does not become
females, thongh admirably adapted to the
stronger features and more durable com
plexion of men. The dark blue gi'es
the female a lived tiut, the light a pallid
sickliness : in fine though no particular
fault can be found in it, being gav or som
bre; striking or restriking, it cannot be
exercised • the 5 laEer truly Roman, and ! termed becoming to any complexion, not
exerc eu >. , . . •; „ vr . rp<<5 i on I even to those inclined to livtdness. ,
irresistible in their expressio ^ ^ ^ red> must be confine J to
No equestrian stir passe i . ’ Q t ’ ! ,], e y OU n'r ; though with the precaution I
mnfir pnrp and bearing: in athletic sporis ( me youu fe , o - r .
connaenc , = , c .mn(TPO have lecomniended with the pink, it may
All who ha«ever seen him, have felt ihe be extended to persons beyond a certain
aw
Pleasure is to woman what the sun is to
tlie flower ; if moderately enjoyed itbeau-
tifies; it refreshes and it improves ; if im
moderately, it withers, and destroys. But
The duties of domestic life, exercised as
they must be in retirement, and calling
forth all the sensibilities of the female,are
perhaps as necessary to the full develope-
ment of her charms as the shade and the
shower are to the rose, confirming its beau
ty and increasing its fragrance.
per
pure, let me think as I may of the com
munication, my feelings towards you will
remain unaltered.”
It will be recollected that the term
“ Coalition,” bv which it is attempted to
stigmatize the present Administration, re
fers altogether to an imputed enmity be
tween Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay, said to
have arisen out of their diplomatic con
nection at Ghent, and ripened into action
by the Russell correspondence.
Now let this be admitted for argument’s
sake, and let us further suppose, contrary
to our firm conviction of the fact, that
such a proposition as that stated by the
General was reallv made, and that too,
either by his own friend or by a friend of
Mr, Clay, nr by Mr, Clay himself, would
it, we asked, be a corrup* proposition, un
der such circumstances? would it be taint
ed with intrigue a d bargain? Corrup
tion, intrigue, and bargain, by Mr. Clav
in die premises, suppose some self-inter-
ested end in ills view r . Where is the ev- j
idence of th ; s to be found in the nroposi-j
tion as stated l 1 Gf-n. Jackson himself? j
It imnorted raeiolv a negative rtled ,T e
regard to Mr. Adams, and could not im-
plv'anv promise to place M . t^lav n the
office from which ho was to he ei^eted.
We helievp his worst enemies have retain
ed method enough in ’heir madness, nev
er to charge Henrv Clav w-‘h be-ng a
fool; and unless he were so, it must he
confessed difficult to cai.ee;ve that he
could lnve been satisfied with such a
pledge, from a man too, between whom
arid himself there existed unquestionahlv
a strong enmifv !!! And tf he would no'
have been satisfied with such a pledge,
had it been give;? them on ’h's gratuit
ous supposition that he reallv did -fTer the
proposal, could he have meant corruption
bargain or intrigue?
Again on the g r mind of the imputed
“Coalition.” If Mr. Clay supposed, as
the proposition implies, that Gen. Jack-
son thought highly of the moral --ml intel
lectual fitness of Mr. Adams for Secretary
of State, while be and his friends though’
otherwise, was it not the most natural
wish on their part to ascertain from the
General whether or not he intended to
retain him: and this too, as a consideration
among others, to govern their votes in the
pending election? Might they not hon
estly have come to ’he conclusion, that if
they could be satisfied ’hat Mr. Adams
would not be continued Secretary ofState
under General Jackson, that then their
choice would have been the latter as Pres
ident ?
Was not this, not only a natural consid-
era’ion with them, but also, a just, a fair
and constitutional one in ’he opinion of
Gen. Jackson himself? Hear hint.—“If
they (the friends of Clav) had not a con
fidence in me to believe, jf I was elee’ed
that I would call to rav aid, in the cabinet,
men of the first virtue, tale"’ and integrity,
not to vote for me ” Could Gen. Jackson
have given this advice, if he believed it to
indicate a course unfair, unjust, unenn^fi-
tutionnl?
Further—Has not Gpn. Jackson, who
says that “in politic®, as in eve-v thing
else, he is governed bv privelplt,” ‘has
unequivocally abandoned the m-mn ground
of the “opposition, nam'elv, their objec
tion to the present inrum 1 . 'a+, as huffing
been unconstitutionally and unfitirlv cho
sen bv Congress, in preference to himself?
For he advised Mu Clay and his friends
not to vote for him if '.hev believed him
unfit for that high sta'icn, in ’h ; ® particu
lar point of view. They d‘-d not ’h : nk
him fit, it seems, in manv resnects, and
therefore, in perfect accordance whh ’his
advice and their du’v to their conscience
and country 4 did not vote for hurt.
Thus, then, it appears, even on the
supposition that the preposition was nr -
tually made to General Jackson bv Mr.
Clay, that it could not have been impu
ted to the latter, as an attemnt at bargain,
intrigue, or corruption—neither as con
sidered on its own merits, nor in connex
ion with the avow ed principles and advice
of the former!!
But the member of Congress who made
the proposition, it"appears bv the letter,
called himself line friend of General Jack-
son, and by the General was so acknowl
edged. He did not call himself the friend
of Mr. Clay!! It appears, too, that this
acknowledged friend of Gen, Jackson,
who received the General’s pledge of
continued friendship, let him think what
he might of the communication then to be
made—“ was of opinion t i was right to
fight (such) intriguers with their own
weapons” of inirigue.
Now, then, is it not highly probable,
(not imputing corruption to the General,)
that this intriguing fiend of his, was just
sounding the General to see if he would
sanction such a pledge, in order that he
might be the instrument of communicating
it to Mr.Clay, (of whose integrity he judg
ed by his ovyn,) as an overture from the
General to him. Indeed, it locks won
derfully like it. We shall see,
' A CITIZEN.
grandeur of his presence, and must know
that it scarcely can be exaggerated. It
was not properly stern nor stately ; and
vet it inspired, of itself, peculiar awe.
It is related in the life of Peyton Ran
dolph, on the authority of the venerable
Charles Thompson, that, on the meeting
of the first general Congress, at Philadel
phia, on the 5th of September, 1774, up
on the house having been summoned to
prayers, and after the chaplain had coru-
a g e> This must be confined tc brunettes ^
as pink to the fair; to the former it con
trasts away colour, to the latter it lends
sallowness; with this colour may be ;
classed what is denominated drab ; they j
must all be confined to brunettes, who must j
use their discrimination as to the shade j
they wear, taking care to have it a little
darker than the skin. I would here, with ■
all due respect and humbleness, suggest!
that they judge not, nor suffer others to |
menced* LTvice't I^s per^ived'that, of judge too favourably ofit in selecting the
all the members present, George Wash- colour; for if it be too light it will make
in-ton was the onlv one who was upon his the complexion look dark, as a darker one
a • • l, ~ will tend to lighten it.
Orange, being a semi-colour may be
knees. This was characteristic. H
was truly religious, and in every circum-
-n, indiscriminately as » complexion,
blameless. Of wbat other hero or from bol like red.t. .too to took .
commander, can so much be said ! The With this may be placed purple and vel-
character of antiquity to which this des
cription carries back the reader, is Timo-
leon, as he is immortalized in Plutarch
and Cornelius Nepos. In Washington,
the sense of duty always prevailed over
whatever other feelings or considerations.
When Greene, the object of his liveliest
esteem and regard, was appointed to the
command of the southern army, he wrote
to the General-in-chief-—
“ I will prepare myself for the com
mand as soon as I can, but as I have been
upwards of five years in the service, dur
ing all which time I have paid no atten
tion to the settlement ofmv domestic con
cerns, T wish it were possible for me to
spend a few hours at home before I sec
out for the southward—especially as it is
wholly uncertain how long my command
may continue, or what deaths or accidents
may happen during my absence. It will
not be possible for me to set out under
five days from this place, (W r est Point) if
I piii my baggage and business under the
least degree of regulation; nor is my
health in a condition for me to set ofi im-
media’elv, having had a considerable fever
upon me for several days ; and if I should
set ou‘ before Mrs. Greene’s arrival, the
disappointment, added to the shock of my
going southward, I fear will have some
disagreeable effect upon her health.”
Washington replied to his favorite, in a
letter dated two days after—
“ I wish circumstances could be made
to correspond to your wishes to spend a
little time at home, previous to your set
ting out for the southward ; but your pre
sence with your command, as soon as pos
sible, is indispensable. The embarkation
at New York, sailed the l6th ; in all pro-,
b ability destined to co-operate with Corn
wallis, who, by the last advices had pro
ceeded as far as Charleston. I hope to
see you without delay, and that your
heafth will be no obstacle to your com
mencing your journey
Greene was fain to go. “ Neither the
fever that hung upon him”—says his bio
grapher, Judge Johnson—“ the hourly ex
pected arrival of a beloved consort; the
demands of his private concerns; nor,
above all, the endearments of children,
whom he had never seen but once, de
tained him a day longer from his duty.”—
He moved under the impulse of a more
provident and strenuous spirit.
Colonel Benjamin Walker, one of
seeing her, he asked the General a leave
of absence tor a short time, to pay her a
visit; but the public service did not per-
mi. 'his, and the General refused. Wal
ker made pressing instanc-:
vets of every colour, all ot which are only
to be tolerated in very splendid ceremo
nies, where jewels and gold are in prolu
sion to share the glare. j
Green, is the one that requires the j
greatest nicety to decide on—it either has j
a very bad or very fine effect: no general
rule can be advanced. The pale, perhaps
more than others, become it; but there
are some pale complexions that must not
wear it. Brunettes and rouges generally
look bad in it—but there are exceptions
in them. I would recommend that this
colour be rather avoided than hazarded.
With this I consider as having closed
with colours, all others being but mixtures
of two or more, or tints ot the above. I
now come to the most difficult part of the
subject, the wearing of more than one co
lour, in trimming or otherwise.
Before I commence on this topic, I
would remark that although the complex
ion is the general guide in the choice of
colours, yet the features and fcrm must
likewise have their share in the selection.
Gaiety of dress should be avoided 1 y
those whose features are cast in the mould
of melancholy; they ought to choose
black, white, and, where they can safely
venture it, green,—in a gay dress, they
appear as if they were in masquerade.
Light figures best become light flow
ing dresses—where the figure is formed,
crape sets it off to advantage, and shews
it without exposing it; aDd here I would
impress upon the female mind that loose,
flowing drapery is not only the most mod
est, but shews the figure best; confined
dresses have a stiff unamiable appearance,
and from the general harshness of their
texture, every movement of the figure is
too plainly displayed. Those inclined to
fullness ; figures that are rather short, and
not proportionally light, I would advise to
confine themselves entirely t« black.
—*«©*—-
ANECDOTES OF ELEPHANTS.
In Mr. Griffiith’s edition of Baron Cu
vier’s Animal Kingdom, the question of
the mental faculties of brutes is discussed,
and the conclusion drawn, that the differ
ence between brute and human reason is
notin kind, but in|the capability afforded
to the former and denied to the latter.—
In illustration of this opinion, some cu
rious anecdotes are related, from which
we .extract the following
~~..j - , , “An elephant which a few years ago
Washington’s aides-de-camp, had Deen belonged to Mr. Cross, at Exeter Change,
long engaged to Miss Ledyard, a Quaker • 1 ■ •'
L; * ” ' ' ' "
ng engaged to M iss Ledyard, a Quaker tained to the practice of a curious trick,
ady, of New-York, whom he afterwards w bjch, by repetition, might be said to have
irried. Having been also long without ac q U j re£ l ? something of an instinctive cha-
acquired, something of an instinctive cha
racter; but which, the first time it occur
red at least, seems attributable to some
thing of reason. It is the usual part of
arguments he c raid devise ; yet all in vain
At h ir.s pain of disappointment be-
• lir ,e excessive, and lie exclaimed—“ But,
General, whai shall I do?” “ Do?” an-
s vfared tiie General, “ whv write to her.”
“ But, wbat shall I write ?” “ Teil hei,”
rejoined W ishiugton, to add another loaf
to the Book of sufferings."—[Ametican
Quarterly Review.]
—
Female Dress.—With women as with
men, black L more universally becoming
than any mlies 1 —some have added white
but it is by no means so enlitely adapted
to every-one—black particularly becomes
extremes, whether brunette or rouge, ta
king from 'lie complexion much of
tint and less of the disadvantageous con
trast than white, and the generality of
colours would produce—fi r the same rea
son white is best adapted to pallid com
plexions,
Perhaps my readiest way will be to
take notice of colours as they arise in my
mind and their adaptation to complexion &
persons; allowing myself liberty to vary
from it as I may deem it necessary to the
subject.
Red, may be worn by young females of
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l reiused. Wal- ( j )e performances of an elephant at a pub-
:es utged all tiie ; j- exhibition, to nick up a piece of coin,
lie exhibition, to pick up a piece of coin,
thrown within its reach for the purpose,
with the fmger-like appendage at the ex
tremity of the trunk: on one occasion a
sixpence was thrown down, which hap
pened to roll a little out of the reach of
the animal, not far from the wall; being
desired to pick it up, he stretched out his
proboscis several times to reach it; he
then stood motionless for a few seconds,
evidently considering—we have no hesi
tation in saying, evidently considering,
how to act; he then stretched his probos
cis in a straight line as far as he could, a
little distance above the coin, and blew
with great force wall; the an
gle pro luced byfe : ^&g|jpposition of the
wall, made the^MHHELf air act under
the coin, as he^^^HJ^ intended and
anticipated it wnulo^^mcnt was curious to
observe the sixpence travelling by these
means towards the animal, till it came
within his reach, and he picked it up.—
This complicated calculation of natural
means, at his disposal, was an intellectual
effort beyond what a vast number of hu
man beings would ever have thought of,
and would be considered as a lucky tho’t,
a clever expedient, under similar circum
stances itf any roan.
“ Some young camels belonginging to
(if I mav use so harsh an expression) „ j- “ “ j
florid complexion; but not by adults, It] a much respected friend of the editor, and
is too glaring, however, ever to look brother of a very valuable contributor to
well
Pink, is a becoming colour to a fair
complexion, whether pallid or rouge;
to the former it lends some of its warmth,
-to the latter, contrasts it away. But let
tye Brunette beware of it, or even per
mit one decked in it to come near her.—
That I may not be mistaken, wilful or
otherwise, as to col ur, I mean the softer
or lighter pink—not the bright blush of
morning’ or the rich gleam of even, but
rather the mellowness of twilight ere
oi-onincr Las crathprpd together the folds
this work, were travelling with the army,
when they had occasion to cross the Jum
na in a flat-bottomed boat; the novelty
of the thing excited their fears to such a
degree, that it seemed impossible to drive
or induce them to enter the boat sponta
neously ; upon which one of the mohants,
or elephant-keepers, called to his ele
phant, and desired him to drive them in;
the animal immediately put on a furious
appearance, trumpeted with his proboscis,
shook his ears,"roared, struck the ground
Aouds towards them, and so effectoaiiy
subdued one great fenr in the refractory
camels, by exciting a greater, that they
bolted into the boat in the greatest hurry—
when the the elephant re-assumed his
composure, and deliberately walked back
to his post. The same elephant was ap
pealed to by his mohant to remove a
branch from a tree which hung too low to
raise the tent-polo : the animal looked at
the pool as if measuring it with his eve,
then at the tree and impending branch;
he turned his rump towards the trunk of
the tree, stepped a couple of paces for
ward, took the branch in his trunk and
felt as if examining where it would split
ofi’; finding it easy at this place, he mo
ved a little back to where it was thicker;
then taking a firm hold, he gave it three
or f>ur successive swings, increasing his
force, till, with one powerful effort it tore
and fell on the ground. ’Being appealed to,
to remove the branch still higher, he look
ed up, stretched his proboscis, and caught
only a twig or two and some leaves;
he was urged again, but he shook his ears
and gave a piping sound of displeasure;
but the mohant still inststing, after ano
ther vain attempt, he caught the bearing
pole of a doolv (a kind of palanquin,) and
shook it with violence, making a poor
sick soldier immediately start out of it,
the hint was sufficient, he would not bo
trifled with.
“ At the siege of Bhurtpore, in the year
1S05, an affair occurred between two el
ephants, which displays at once the char
acter and mental capability, the passions,
cunning, and . resources of these curious
animals. The British army, with its
countless host of followers and attendants,
and thousands of cattle, had been for a
long time before the city, when on the ap
proach of the hot season, and of the dry
hot winds,the supply of water in the neigh
bourhood of the camp necessary for the
supply of so many beings began to fail;
the ponds or tanks had dried up, and no
more water was left than the immense
wells of the country would furnish. The
multitude of men and cattle that were un
ceasingly at the wells, particularly the lar
gest, occasioned no inconsiderable strug
gle for the priority in procuring the sup
ply for which each was there to seek, and
the consequent confusion on the spot was
frequently very considerable. Oku one oc
casion, two elephant drivers, each with
his elephant, the one remarkably large
and strong, and the otiier comparatively
small and weak, were at the well together :
the small elephant had been provided bv
his master with a bucket for the occasion,
which he carried at the end of his probo
scis; but the larger animal, being destitute
of this necessary vessel, either spontane
ously, or bv desire of his keeper, seized
the bucket, and easily wrested it away
from his less powerful fellow-servant;'tlie-
latter was too sensible of hi$ inferiority
openly to resent the insult, though it is
obvious that he felt it; but great squab
bling and abuse ensued between the keep
ers. At length the weaker animal, watch
ing the opportunity when the other was
standing with his side to the well, retired
buckwards a few paces, in a very quiet,
unsuspicious manner, &then rushing for
ward with all his might, drove his head a-
gainst the side of the other, and fairly
pushed him into the well.”
London, June 6.
Letters were received yesterday in the
city from Odessa, dated the 16th ufi. at
which period it was generally believed
there that an insurrection had broken out
in Constantinople amongst the Janissaries
and that that capitol had been thrown in
to a state of the greatest alarm. Aga Pa
cha is known to have been the chief in
strument in the hands of the Sublime Porte,
for the introduction of European disci
pline amongst the Mahomedan Forces,
and the energy of his mind has mainly con
tributed to the partial success which has
hitherto attended the experiment. The
Grand Signor has also, it is ascertained,
lately entertained great jealousy of the
power gained bv Aga Pacha, in conse
quence of the important services which
he rendered to the Turkish Empire, in
changing the form of military discipline,
and some months ago this officer was, con
sequently appointed to the Pachalic of
Romelia, as an honorable banishment
from the Imperial presence, a punish
ment in the extreme seveie to a Mahomi-
dan Public Functionary.
So soon as this Wellington of the Tur
kish Army set out to assume the Govern
ment of bis new District, according to the
report received this day from Odessa,
the Janissaries expressed the highest dis
satisfaction, and proceeded to those ex
tremes of passion which since the founda
tion of the power of Tuikey in Europe,
it has been their constant custom to dis
play ; which demonstrate m ;re and more
clearly the necessity of expelling from
Christendom these Scythian Barbarians.
Whether, in imitation of the illustrious
British Commander, Aga Pacha addres
sed the Army on his retiring from the
command of it, is not mentioned; but
should the rumour to which we now allude,
be confirmed, it certainly will afford strong
proof of the affectionate regard which a
disciplined army occasionally shows to an
Officer when he is superceded in his offi
cial appointments. The latest letters from
Constantinople, received in London, are
dated on the 30th of April, and, although
they make no mention of the existence *f
any unusual sensation there, still the dis
turbances may have afterwards occurred
to which the Odessa letters allude.
Nearly one milion of dollars of the late
War Loan has been paid at the U. S.
Branch Bank at Boston since 1st inst.
In answering to a Committee who in
vited him to a public dinner at Maysville
Mr. Clay says—“ although my enemies
are resolved to spare no exertion to de
stroy my public character, I will triumph
over all their machinations, because truth