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GEORGIA COURIER. x. ft. nrwnoRSES. and 2IE3I11Y ISIEAlEIff®, PUBLISHERS. Term*—Tr.is Paper > publioheil every Monday and 'J hurtdajr afternoon, at *> <» per rmu..m. payable in all 's mice, or i‘J no at the expiration of the j car. (!_/’ Advertiser,lent! not exceeding a »r<are, innerted the 6 ret time orb- 1-2 cents, and 43 3-1 cents for each con- tin-ianct. SELECTED FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER* 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 J TIT 1 tiling U1 IV/UOUli* uuuu* J'*** » ~ * 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