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BY GK WTLA.M) & ORME.
3IIGLEDGEV1GLE, GEORGIA, rilURSI)|VV, SEPTEMBER 22, 1831.
NO. 35 OF VOL.. XU#
Sales of land and negroes,"by Administrators, Exe
cutors. or Guardians, are i-oquireil by law to be bold
on tlie first Tuesday in' the month, between the hours
often in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at
the Court-House of the county in which the property
is situate.—Notices of these sales must be given in a
public gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale.
Notices of the sale of personal property must be g
o i in like manner, forty days previous t
sale. Also, notice to the debtors and cr
us go,' replied Dupcrret
During their walk, Charlotte replied not a
word to the questions her companion addres
sed to her. The minister refused to grant
them an audience; why, it was never explain
ed, although at the convention they endeavor
ed to penetrate the mystery, hut in vain.—
to the day of Dupcrret reconducted Charlotte to the hotel
’editors of an , Je , u /v , n ,; (
state must he published for FORT* days. I “\‘ u ' -ovidencc, and then took leave of her.
.Viticc ihat applicatiou will be in ido to the Court of j * ">onie again tins evening,’ snul^he to him :
Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for ‘ perhaps J shall have something to cotnmuni-
i ocr months. _ . . ... cate to you.’ He promised to return.
All business in the line of Printing, will meet with
prompt attention at the Recorder Office.
Letters (on business) must be post paid.
a'EX^CJBL&AftTS’.
CI^ARLOTTE COUDAY.
The following narrative of an event, which
is probably in the recollection of most of our
readers, is taken from “ Unpublished Mo-
tnoirs."
On the 11th July, 179d, four persons were
seated at Dttperret’s* table. The dinner was
o melancholy one. The wine had no longer
any charms—they all feared its frankness
Anxiety, hesitation, aud trouble were depicted
on every face. The reign of terror had already
On entering his own house, Duperret found
there the commissaries of the Comite dt Sur
veillance., who came to seize his papers, then
called a measure of public safety, but a sad
presage lor him who was the object of it.—
j Duperret comprehended the danger of bis si
lt at n and met it manfully. He was u-man of
coolness aud resolution.
In the evening he revisited Charlotte Cor-
day. Seated in an arm-chair, Iter head lean
ing back, she held in Iter hand a miniature
portrait, whioh„shr regarded with sadness.—
Tears siood iti her eyes: she shewed the pic
ture to Duperret, and asked—‘Do you recog
nize it?’ ‘Yes, it is ‘Silence, M. l)u-
perret. I entreat you, do not pronounce lhat
name.’ She wept much : • Pardon my weak
commenced by partial nets of democratic tit- -r - j
rv. At the desert, Duperret wa3 informed-! ,iess > :i woman although she may possess
that a female requested an audience| he arose courage, is always a woman.’ ‘ Utt'eve me,
and went to her. He found a fair stranger,I * a lively interest in all that concerns
whom he had never seen or heard of before ; | J 011 * s:l 'd he; I have been faithful to my
but he felt instantly struck with a sentiment " ord, will you he faithful to yours.’ • I se.arcc-
of respect and admiration, on beholding her! b How whether I shall have the strength.
round to see if there were any obstacles in the
way of her determined purpose. Nothing es
caped tire searching looks of that young and
self-devoted maiden. Tl.eife was nobody with
Marat, hut an aged female attendant; tie or
dered her to leave him with the stranger; she
obeyed ; and Charlotte drew near to this ter
rific man.
In a bath, his hideous visage turned towards
the side opposite the door, his ’>;ht arm out
of tlio water, resting on a block of wood, on
which were a sheet of paper, an inkstand, and
pen, Marat was writing ; without liftiug his
eyes, he desired Charlotte Corday to wait a
moment. She stood by the bath, following
with her glance, the words he traced opon the
paper, as he murmured them in an under tone
apprehend that they had hostile intentions; [of the men have but one wife, the women are. 1 septal intercourse; but his account of it .was
‘ thers, v |>erlectly piaccablc, aud having no reserved and chaste, their husbands killing, , j entirely at variance with every known, oj,
weapons about tlcm. them without any scruple on the least suspi-j indeed, rational law of the animal economy,
Jad-Mayt an accident occurred to cion of infidelity. Shaw thinks they killed | that I forbear repeating it, lest a grave aiid
s$lo;thl have attached no importance, j all the children except those of the chiefs, he) highly interesting subject in natural science
i lias been carefully noted down n- j having perceived none other amongst them, j should be connected with fablo.
mongst (he remarkable events of the voyage. Their lints are made of bamboos and the leuf'j Your obedient servant.
A litne'birJ as black as ink,” came on board of the cocoa nut trees, on the fruit of which j SAMUEL B. SMITH, 31, ft.
to himself.|| He ceased writing, and turned
the schooner, s.ud could not bo induced to
leave Iter. Some of the men with the credo*
lity common to seameu, thinking it was a bird
of ill omen, wanted to kill it. but the captain,
pleased with its perfect tameness, determined
on preserving its life. On the following day
the islands to which the runic of Massacre Isl
ands was afterwards liven, were discovered,
and the little bird immediately flew to the land.
Numerous, no doubt, have sirtto been the re
grets on board, thtt/ the bird was allowed to
escape; for, to it Itawa many of their subse
quent misfortunes been strangely enough at
tributed.
On the add iMay then, the selir. was in sight
extraordinary beauty, and iter noble and com
manding demeanor. ‘Citizen,’ said the in
cognita, • I bring you intelligence from a man
who is dear to you.* She presented bint a let
ter from Barbaroux.f Dupcrret looked around
the mom with alarm, and whispered, ‘ Madam,
speak low er, I entreat you.’ * No, citizen,’ was
‘ I think 1 have sufficiently proved my faith in
you to merit yours in return.’ ‘Yes M. Ihi-
perret, yes, you are right, may you never have
reason to repent it; Charlotte Corday brings
misfortune to all who regard her with kind-
las head towards Charlotte. A frightful smile
accompanied the look. She bore his look
without shrinking, and Marat, all hideous as
he was, inspired her with no terror; she even
answered tin) smile, he had deigned to be
stow on her, with another; and her tips sever
ed but to bestow on him flattering words:—
‘ Citizen,’ said the maiden, ‘ I had a great
desire to see you; I was surprised that a man
so renowned for his patriotism, should have
made me wait so long for an audience, which
1 demanded in the name of ihe republic's
safety.’ ‘Citizeness,’ be replied, ‘Marat is
exceedingly sorry; if I could have figured
you as you ate, it would have been myself
who would have solicited an audience of you;
but I am so tormented by similar applications,
to which 1 am obliged to submit, because I
have popularity to lose. Tell me what you
desire ? Speak, you arc one of tltos6 to
whom Marat could uerer refuse any thing.’—
1 Citizen, you have received my letter?’ ‘Ah !
ness.’ Then changing her tone and look, she I it is true, I recollect now tbcobjtetof your
enquired—‘ Citizen, what do you think of
her reply, ‘on the contrary, speak higher. If Marat?’ ‘Is it of the Irioud of the Deputies
you fear to converse boldly to-day, to mor- j]p l ,as proscribed, you ask this question ?—
row your speech may he interdicted. To he
silent will he a breach of your duty, as a rep
resentative of the nation; and he who passive
ly and tacitly tolerates the crimes of his col
leagues. becomes, in a certain degree, their
accomplice!’ Dupcrret, after having read the
1-ttcr of Barbarous, asked, ‘ What do require
of me, madam ! From the first moment I
saw you I felt myself at your disposal; and
this letter tolls me that you merit my entire
confidence.' .She paused a moment, and then
said, ‘ You are doubtless, able to appreciate
what chance of success our friends have. T
.Marat —’ ‘ Is a tiger, a monster, an assassin I’
exclaimed she, with fury : then resuming her
coolness, she added, • Do you think ho de
serves to die ?’ ‘Marat?’ • Think you it would
be a crime to poniard him ?’ ‘The hand tiiat
should pierce his heart’—‘That band, Dnper-
rct would be blessed by all France; death
could not disgrace it : that hand would have
performed a deed agreeable to earth and to
Heaven !’ ‘But |she lowered her eyes] oil !
may such a blow not be struck by one who
is dear to you.’ ‘And, wherefore, Madam ?’
visit. Wltat have you to tell me of the eon
spirators at Caen ? What wrong to avenge ?
What lover has proved faithless? You wish
him to expiate his offence on the scaffold.—
Truly he deserves it. Make yourself easy ;
Marat is the eye of the people, and that eye
can discover his enemies in their most hidden
retreats. Beautiful Citizeness! if I thus take
your quarrels to heart, what will you give me
foi'a recompense? With a female, Marat is
not disinterested, and, perhaps, you yourself
would not pardon me if 1 were.’ ‘ And what
recompense wishes thee—Marat?’ Not much,
bell" Citoycnne—no, not much; for instance,
a kiss from your charming month. Oh ! don’t
be alarmed, Marat owes few thanks to nature
for his face ; and I might say to you ns I’oly-
Your young daughter, M. Duperret, her
... , then, what may we expect of Vempfen j " ) ,ose Iduc eyes are so full of tenderness,
The result of open resistance be uncertain. I "'* ,ose affection IS fi0 sweet to you, whose ta- homes to Merope—a good republicaine will
Monsieur Duperret; and, moreover, the pro- lents you are so justly proud of—if you be-j think little of such a trifle.’ She stooped, as
scribed are not at all efficient in energy.— [held her, armed with tl)e avenging dagger, np-
The departments have received them with o- j i ,r(,;i ci:ing Marat as if to increase the crowd
pen arms; but the people are capricious; I *hat surrounds him, and then accosting him
I'lr-ir heroes of one day are often their victims ! "hit a smile, and thou plunging into his breast
t l i“ next.’ After another moment ofhesita-! a - > ‘What an idea! such is not n wo
t/on, she continued—‘1 think there arc other! man’s work. It is true that your si x know
Dupcrret,'
means of delivering France, and if..... She
stopped, and steadily regarded Duperret,
guage surprises you. Sir, I perceive it. Our
interview, has already been loo long ■' 1 f° ar
vour absence may be remarked. To-morrow,
jf you love your country, come and see me.
Shf* traced a lew lines with a pencil, on a can!,
and presented it to hint. The words were
Charlotte Corday, rue di:s Augustins, hotel de
la Providence. Snatching bis hand and plac
ing it on her heart, she exclaimed, ‘ To its
last pulsation it belongs to our country ! Ln-
ter into these feelings. Sir, am! th*' republic
will be free.’ She then retired. The mind
of Duperret, on rejoining the guests, was still
occupied with the extraordinary woman, whose
acquaintance he had just made in so strange a
manner. His wandering looks, the paleness
of his visage, the incoherences' of his excuses
wore all remarked, but no one dared directly
to interrogate him ; and he himself kept
silent, for he was in the midst of his friend.", ■'
At that period every man was feared who had
a tongue in his head, (or with that he could ' to ge
say. ‘ 1 heard such an one pra.se Dumo-inez ;
how to die—we have taught it; but amongst
it where could one be found, who, without
'panting for human blood! i\o t mari.
must fall, but it must be by a powerful hand.
laitned the maiden, * courage j
if to obey him : but she had placed her hand
in her bosom ; and at the moment Marat o-
pened his arms to enfold her, he felt the mor
tal chill of the steel which pierced his breast,
disarms fell, his head sunk on his shoulder,
his eyes, at first starting from their orbits,
closed forever, and the water was died with his
blood.
rhnrlnt.tr, ouitted the apartment; tiie spr.
With a smile she, said, • irVvks u. ..v--, - -as
oing to deliver myself tip.’ At the Conven-
s” frequently concealed beneath a fragile ex- |i'ion.“i„ the Clubs." and even on the scaffold,
she was covered with maledictions bv tbc in
furiated Jacobins, but her courage never for
sook her. She died icilh a rose between her
,. ,ior, and a feeble arm has, belore n
formed prodigies. However, you are right,
it is not the work of a woman—I wish to sec |
Marat They sav that females find easy access i ‘>r s ‘
io him ; U that lie is less ferocious in their pro- j —— , f , ;< ., ur ,
sence. Perhaps, alter luring listened to me. he j jn» ,! c( e K0 ‘ r( ; ol
might become more alive to pity,.more prom | (f(C||| , r ' ) Q f t | mt celebrated painter
—-:cooo:-~
raon THK N. Y. COUIIIKR and KNQnini.n*
Cruise cif the schooner Antarctic.'
On Saturday last was announced the arrival
Antarctic, under
of the uentli
of the chef
to mercy. I know not whether I flatter my
self, but' it seems to me that 1 could inspir
him with regret for the past—that I eoulil I
render him better for the future—that I could |
of six jslaud*. all small, with a reef of rocks run-
tlie bannana and fish they entirely subsist.—j
The islands are entirely covered with wood,
few foot paths only running through them, the
huts are built in small clusters on the sea coast
for the convenience of fishing.
The length of this article warns us to bring
it to a close, we therefore confine ourselves to
but one other encounter with the natives.—
Capt. Morrell, in order to protect the people
at work on shore, caused a kind of battery to
be constructed on the top of two large trees
about forty feet from the ground and mounted J a l
itywrjgyte,.. x*«»n •&f*<*aaxa*>±i»tev2!*
men “verc placed in it with provisions, hurt
ning from one to the other, through which there
was here and there a small channel about UK)
yards in width. The islands appeared very
fruitful, and several large canoes were seen in
side the reef, the boat was sent to the reef,
and plenty of the Beach Ic Mar, of excellent
quality being found there, the captain deter
mined on endeavoring to procure a cargo of
that commodity at this place. After anchor
ing and making other necessary preparations,
part of the crew were sent on shore on the
36th, for the purpose of clearing away the
trees and bushes and building an house where
the Beadi le Mar. when taken, might be cur
ed and rendered fit for transportation.
It is perhaps necessary that we should state
here, that Beach le Mar is a fish, of which the
Chinese are particularly fond, and for which
they pay a high price.
The natives had come off to the schooner
in several large canoes, bringing with them
cocoa nuts aud shells. They were negroes
of large stature aud some of them appeared to
possess considerable acuteness. No white
man had ever been seen by them before.—
They thought the crew of tho Antarctic were
painted white, and endeavored by rubbing to
bring their skins to the complexion of their
own. Their ideas were all confined to the
little group of islands on which they lived,
they bad however some imperfect notions of
another group at some distance from them,
and from these they presumed the schooner
now came.
Wc abstain flom noticing the surprise they
exhibited on first seeing their \isitors: the
conduct of savages in similar circumstances
is probably always alike, and there are few of
us who have not, at some time or o{her dwelt
with deep interest on the details of the first
meetings between civilized and uncivilized
man.
The boat’s crew bail gotten the forge ashore
and set it up, tho natives stole some of the ar
morer's tools, which induced the captain to
send another boat with the crew well armed ;
they compelled a restoration of the things
stolen; hut the natives now appeared hostile
—they drew their bows, and stood ready to
dise.harge their arrows. The crews then J
feiRrra,‘widi many of the nm
denied him.
One of the natives from Massacre Island,
md another front another island subsequently
discovered, have been brought home by Capt.
Morrell. As may be supposed they are ob
jects of much curiosity. They will be exhi
"I'fo tie In tbn ...
veiling, however, jumped overboard and swam
was hardly completed when the natives came
down in a large force and attacked the men
below ; the fire from the battery to their great
surprise, opened upon them and compelled
them to retreat with severe loss.
Wo pass over the purchase of the Massa
cre Island from its chief, his death and many
other details. No exertions of Capt..Morrell
could pacify tho natives, they continued to per
severe in their hostilities notwithstanding the
rent loss of lives they-sustained, and the
burning of their lints, and eventually compel
led him to give up the hope of obtaining a
cargo of fish from the reef of rocks which
bound their shores.
Capt. Morrell still prosecuted his voyage
and made many other important discoveries, I
they are however his property, and we there
fore abstain from noticing them, in the hope
that he will at another day reap that advantage
U. S. Army,"**
[Wo were informed, some time since, by
.fudge Kell, that on an occasion, not remote ia
point of timo or place, he drove a red fox tp
earth: whereupon an opossumjwas„taken,
which on examination, was found to have
young ones adhering to the teats by a verv
small fibre, which required to be broken in or
der to detach the young. A physician was
present, .who examined the case attentively.
Moreover we have never yet conversed with
oncu'liq hadseen thevoting between the
young of the opossum, is formed originally on
the exterior of the body, within the pouch oji
the female, where, we apprehend, i( may be
vi^fied by a deposition of spermatic fluid by
the male ; and this, though uncommon, and nf
course "strange,” to use a common phrase,
yet it is not more extraordinary than the im
pregnation of the female plant, by the farina,
from the male in its vicinity. And the male
opossum may well be supposed tq find in thijt
modus procrcandi' ns much pleasure and as
strong an impulse to sexual action, as the male
of some kinds of frogs, w ho perform the office
of propagation upon the spawn, without any
sort of contact with the female.]
—moooo:—
WHAT IS LIFE.
There is eloquence of thought ns welilis
of language in the following paragraph from
Amott’s Elements of Physic :
from them which during this voyage has been - “The functions by which the animal body
, ■ . I • a • ° . r i i I
assumes foreign matters from around, and coil.-
verts them into its own substance, is little in
viting in some of its details: but taken alto'
getlicr is one of the most wonderful subjects
which can engage the human attention. Jg
points directly to the curious and yet unan-
bited to-morrow at Tammany‘Hall, liis in- j swered question—What is Life ? The stit-
tention is to return with them to their homes, | tEnit of nature may analyze with all his art
those minute portions of matter called seeds
jiirl m-n. which he knows to he the rudiments
when ho hopes that the treatment they have
received at his hands viU ensure mm a tieuci
reception from their countrymen, and that the
knowledge they will have acquired here, will
be the means of introducing amongst them
some of the advantages of civilization.
FROM THK AMKr.ICXM TURF HEGISTKR.
f-’ESTATION OF THE OPOSSUM.
Annapolis, Md.Ji.ty at!, I8i>l.
To Ma. Skinnfk:
Sin;—Some years ago I addressed a short
note to the Academy of Natural Sciences
(Philadelphia) in which I stated that the opos
sum had no uterus. I expected that this re
markable declaration would have excited the
attention of naturalists, but I believe no pub
lication lias appeared confirming or denying
it. I feci authorized again to bring this mat
ter forward, requesting a particular regard to
two leading facts set forth ; viz: that the
young are originally formed upon the termi-
glarin,
opening by a duct into
i.o* *u-
soften his heart with compassion for his enc
mies. C
‘ j this port of ihn srlionnrr Antarctic, under
id you introduce me to Marat, itl. ( cnmmnn j 0 f Captain Morrell, after an absence
Duperret ? She pronounced these words in a of , wo
half serious, half playful mood. Dupcmit l
was astonished. ‘I introduce you to Marat I f a .
ith a statement, that while
in the South Pacific, lie had lost nine
teen of his crew, in an encounter with toe na-
replied ; ‘I madam! are you not a "; are | tives of a newly discovered island.
are far, very far from being on arnica- j circuim ' ta nccs attending the voyage of
thcr ! Mine would be but a bad ; , ^ vt , S3e | are 0 r too remarkable a eharac-
‘ 1 beam suen an one |n»™ ; j i lllro j„ ctm n for you.’ ' Yes, M. Duperret, 1 j
regret the eloquence of \ erginamt ;I or as'.-.u j ])( ,| ieve so . |, ut perhaps—no, you are right, i
that Marat was more the friend of England (o ’ intro ,| uce mV se!f aloni—alone, do
than of the French people;’ ami even a dumb * un( j crR tand me, M. Duperret : but it isget-
. . . * — '' ,n ,hn 1 ' ltPi „ e must separate, I entreat your for-
having trespassed on your cotifi-
lence. I wanted some one to—conduct me
o the Minister; I was recommended to apply
vim. Receive my thanks; adieu, Mon-
ashoro, and in the course of the night the o-
thers followed his example.
On the following morning the people went
ashore to work, as usual. At 8 o clock they
returned to the schooner to breakfast, leaving
three men on shore to watch their tools; thir-
ty-three of the nnlives collected around these
men, and were on the point of commencing an
attack which they only desisted iron), on see
ing that the boat had come back from the ves
sel and touched the shore. At mid-day a
number of canoes put off from the other i.si-
atl( ] s the captain being apprehensive of hos
tilities reinforced the hands on shore till they
amounted in number to twenty-one. Beads
were also sent by him to the officer command-
g them, and he was particularly cautioned to
be on his guard, a caution, however, which lie
nation of the gl
UtM fcUAjliallv.t n
—v.uiiyvy o.v
my of Natural Sciences—Philadelphia.
Sin : In the summer of 1321 I was search
ing a small cripple forwoodcocks, ou the mar
gin of the Delaware river, near to Fort Mifl-
lin. My dog brought me an opossum from
the brake and laid it at my feet. As there
was some blood on its face, 1 concluded it was
seriously hurt, and without reflection, blew
its brains out. The jar from the shot threw it
over upon the slope of tho river embank
ment, when I discovered a small white object
protruded through the pouch of the dead atii-
mal. It was a very small young opossum,
apparently not many days formed, and so (irm
ly Rocured to the mother by a small, white,
round cord, or bobbin, that it could not be
detached without fracturing it. There were appro _
nine others similarly attached. They were t features
man might, by a sign, recommend you to th
impartial and prompt justice of the rcvolnti-1 » for
onary tribunal; and that too, without hatred)
or malice, but all for the safety and glory of j
the immortal republic. Dupcrret, therefore,
ronvorsqd not; and so far acted prudently:
but he was wrong to complain of illness. His
sudden fever was neither forgotten nor forgiv
en; it was construed into the stump ot a con
spirator, an accomplice, and, erelong, he was
sent to the scaffold.
Duperret passed the night in meditating on
'the words of Charlotte Corday. She posses
sed the means of avenging the Girondine.— ^
What were those means ; a solitary female. ,t j| 00 |. g beamed as with inspiration, her whole
would bo madness to pay any further ijtten j arancc seemed to proclaim a
tion to her proposals ; no ! he won il not keep j M earthly.
his appointment with her. Might .t not be a fl -
ire ‘prepared for him ? \ et, the letter of, n9t
untenancc of j m ‘ ,,L '
the young woman. With tnnt serrm*
open brow, with those eyes, beaming forth
candour and elevation of soul, perfidy could
never exist.
ter to be dismissed with a passing notice.
The Antarctic sailed from New-York in
September, 1829, on a voyage to the South
Seas, for the purpose of collecting a cargo of
fur Seal Skins. In October following she
touched at the Cape deVcrd Islands, and ob
tained the salt necessary for the preservation
of tlie skins expected to be taken ; from thence
shaped her course to New-Zclaml. but he-
-■I— a- rss^l & -«
ieur, forget that you have known me; it tspos- j <iisnppo intcfl in procuring skins there, the
ible that we may not meet again; adieu. Yo,ir j Captain determined on altering his voyage,
aughter is no doubt waiting your return ; she | ^ j gai)e( j , or Manilla. Whilst proceeding
is very happy, your daughter !’ She pressed
the hand of Duperret. and withdrew into her
inner chamber.
Alone! yes, she would present hersell a-
lnne: that thought solaced her. Her beauti
ful features assumed a nobler expression,^her
° i of islands,
lSnn.li
Nature, however, bad not
and iv, ■ , , .
thither, he fell in with a group of Islands
which not being on the chart, he named lies-
terfield's group. They are small, and a reel
of'rocks runs from one island to the other.—
On the day following he discovered land a-
and found it to consist of another gronp
xtending about 77 ndles North
outh ; these being neither mentioned on
gain.
heart, and with the
■ , , anv chart, he called them Berght Group.—
rights ; a deadly chill pervaded her „^ rc he had some intercourse with the natives,
snare prepared for him 7 \et, tiie leucv 011 j . ^ ut lt was only for a moment, lmc is ^ llt j t wa * impossible for him to obtain any in-
Barbaroux, and also the noble countenance otj - the days ot youth, that it is not easy ation from them as to the inducement to
With that serene and vollintary sacnf.cc of it without ," a 7 e w hich their islands afforded, and he
shuddering. ,,, . . | therefore continued his course. On the 2.7th,
How Charlotte past that terrible night, how in saw lar , ( ), a long low island, which ap-
she struggled with the feelings of her woman s - () (f> , )p ]oaHe() with cocoa nuts, without
natural horror ot death , { owcver t hc least trace of inhabitants, this isl-
with our very existence, it is impos- , , hp cal , ed jrMngston Island. On the 9th
siblotosnv. In hor chamber were found ma- *. j ip arr j V ed at Manilla, and there
nv papers'nearly reduced to ashes, and on a ; hi# mim | to fit out the vessel for a
fragment which the fire had spared, were tnc t *„ thc For jee Hands, in search ol a
ofl a few tender lines of which she was tlie L™" 0 f Reach le Mar, Tortoise shell &e. &ai.
them,*. ‘ u fl , ■ I In tho prosecution of this voyageMie sailed
Charlotte Corday had sen. the f followm* , Man.Ha on the Gib April.
letter to Marat:-'I am just arrived from tact,..| yas W>B(1 Wallace’s Island he. on the
or your corner) must make you ren-, (|(|) Ma> . ma( j e six |dw islands called Los Ma-
account of the plotsjueihtHt-1 w ? hprc , hp nat ',ve 9 rame off to trade with
never exist. .
Duperret was faithful to the rendezvous he
had made with Charlotte Corday. lie found . en
her pacing, with hasty steps, her humble cham
ber ; her features marked by fatigue, and her
looks haggard. She promptly recovered her
self-possession, and ti smile ol welcome flash
ed across her face, which proved to Dupcrret
her delight at seeing him. They remained
silent a few moments; Duperret then saitl.
•You perceive, Madam, the confidence you
have inspired me with ; and I would pledge
my existence that you amply merit it.’ ‘ Is it
to me, nr to the letter of Barbaroux, thr e.li-
zen Duperret awards it ?' ‘ To you, Madam,
to you alone. Tell tmvl beseech vou, who
you are, and what are y^m projects ? * \\ he
lam citizen? Such as vyii behold roe: a
woman, a feeble, helpless woman. What I
seek, what 1 ant capaolo of, you shall know,
he assured of it; but it is not from me you
will learn it. You say I possess your confi
dence ; give me an instant proot ol -t: let us
Your love hi
dv to receive an
mr answer
Thi
let-
>th
Sh
mg there. 1 expect yn
ter unanMWoron, *»np win .
which she determined to deliver hers It
concealed it in her bosom, and b> the
it she hid a poniard. i -itv, J,,| v
I, was on the Sunday morning. l'-th J ii y,
went to the residence of Ma-
him. and wan lohl to
rail again ... the evening. She submitted to
him.’but finding they possessed nothing wor
r ’ i thv of Ins notice, In* stay with them was short
o I HI: t*....—i ... isi.M that further north he
• Uuiiorret, a patriut member of the Conven
non; guillotined by the Jacobin*
I iiurbarntii wan the lUprezentativn of Mar«eH-
le. nn hotiMi republican. lUdicdonihesoafftiia,
«l i oiir»i». . . . , *
t \ nm* of thr matt powerful and Ho
orslnn of thr f’nit'totlfin 11
thr of Tr’r<‘ !
17 f lI. that nh
m*. Sh** rnuld not
, " r They md.caled to him that lurtner norm
,C ° f j would find a large quantity of the article o
which he was in search—Beach le Mar. In
shaping Ins course ,» tla.t direction h- passed
„. OUI , i„■ i, 1 s called l.v the natives Tama
Vam. another group denominated onth^charfi
.Voung William’s group, and the Hands
this delay without the slightest remonstr, *• j Mnndevcrdeaant.
Whatever feelings might have agi a • Captain Morrell nppe
inmost soul during this dreadful mb ' • - •
1— tranquil and untroubled :
jollv boat bad just time to shove her off.—
When out of the reach of the arrows, they
laid by and took on board three of the crew
that had saved themselves in the water. The
whale boat despatched by the captain, with 10
armed men, on hearing the war-whoon of the
natives, saved two more of them. The re
mainder were all massacred, with the excep
tion of one, whose fate we shall hereafter men
tion. ,
Capt. Morrell with a diminished crew found
it impossible to prosecute the objects of his
voyage, and hr therefore determined to return
to Manilla, to obtain a reinforcement of men.
He arrived there on thc 25th June, ami having
shipped (4 more men sailed on the Oth Au
gust. On the 13th September he once more
reached the islands where he had lost so ma
ny of his crew’, and which from tiiat circ.um-
stance, he called Massacre Island; but he
had no sooner come to an anchor than he was
attacked by the natives in their canoes; a
brisk fire from the schooner Itowevcr, compel
led them to retreat.
Shortly afterwards a small canoe put off
from the shore, in which to thc great joy of all
on board the schooner, they found one of their
old crew, Leonard Shaw, who at tiie time of
the massacre had hidden himself in the woods
and escaped. He had remained fifteen days,
subsisting only on four cocoa nuts when he
was discovered by the natives and cruelly
wounded. ‘
From this man. Captain Morrell learned,
that the skulls of thirteen of his men that were
killed, were hanging at the Chiefs door, and
that a few days before his return to the Island,
the natives bad consulted together on killing
and catmg Shaw himself, but delayed it in
'consequence of the absence of some of their
chiefs. They afterwards sent him on board
with proposals, it was supposed, of a pacific
nature.
Shaw, while on the island, was employed by
ihe natives in manufacturing knives out of the
iron th»*y ha<l obtained trom the vfMftl# lie
was badly treated by them, they giving him
hardly enough to live upon. He represents
the whole of the island as tinder the away of
Even at this verv tender age they were armed ' young and of
with immense claws, bv which they held, with neo. the oilier Irom
inconceivable forre, t.'. tbc dark, coarse red lively between two i — ^ _
Pr cd. 1 height is not more than .<no
a half; the fingers and ferret wWSTiiiot d-
void speaking thus instead of calling thcry
paws) very closely assimilate to the human e— J
hair with which the pouch was csvc
Cll Mtl3 tatf'ivu* “-’l? .
This wise provision was intended to prevent a half; the fingers amt^
of future creatures, and tiie links by which
endless generations of living creatures hang
to existence: but he cannot disentangle amf
display apart tiieir mysterious life, that some
thing tinder the influence of which each little
germ in duo time swells out to fill an invisible
mould of maturity which determines its forms
and pr -portions. One such substance thus
hecomes a beauteous rose-bush; another a-
noble oak ; a third an eagle, a fourth an cle--
pliant—yea, in the same way, out of the mate
rials of broken seeds and roots, and leaves of
plants, and bits of animal flesh, is built up the
human frame itself, whether of the active male,
combining gracefulness with strength, or of
the gentler woman, with beauty around her as
light. How passing strange that such should
be the origin of the bright human eye, whose
glance pierces as if tho invisible soul wero
shot with it—of the lips which pour forth
sweetest eloquence ; of thc larynx which, bv
S^n'I ii'eumi^ rtfrtins 1 texfure IITtile abode u! : t
the soul, with its reason which contemplate?,
and sensibility which delights in these an.it
endless other miracles of creation!''
—rnooo
Exhibition of the two Ourang Outangs ilt
London.—Hitherto no opportunity has been
afforded in this country of seeing two of these
animals in juxta position, that their reciprocal
feelings might be watched while in each others
society, and voeofded. A single animal of
this class, so libellous on humanity, and so
humiliating withal to the “lords of the crea
tion,” is not of rare occunenee; and it was.
timrefore, with no ordinary feelings that wc
nearer insight into what might be
calfUBfoc domestic economy of a class which
so nearly, in many of tiie common
)\ life, to the lord and muster
we felt the truth (ami felt
observation of the philnso-
differ from the brute rer-
rhesc animals are both
sizes—one is from Bor-
their ages respef-
'hciv
.that '
orationc.
the young from being suspended by the liga
ment, which might endanger its displacement
from the parent. Such an event would-be
tremitics.' They are perfectly cleanly io
attended with certain destruction, as it wofyd habits; the male has got a slight cold, and
be utterly impracticable to re-attach it.] 11 clothed in a cotton wrapper he converts '
carefullv removed the ponch, with the youigI gold to good purposes, for when in wn
Cached, and found that the connecting ba|s — cs ar "'
communicated with small, distinct, soft,
glands, on the inside, and were evidently
gned to convey a fatty nutriment to the
tus. Having no alcohol, I was compelled Jo
attempt the preservation of them in brand;
bnt, in the morning following, I had the qn
tificatiou to see that thc water in the spiri
had dissolved the mucus which secured the r
gaments in their places, and consequent
all thc voting were separated from them.-
The very first view of this interesting fami'
told me at once that they were originally fori
ed upon these ligaments ; hut how, or wh
such a process was effected, was beyond ev
conjecture. I became curious respecting t
interior economy of this singular aflimal, an
made dissection accordingly. To my amaz
ment, I could find no uterine system ; nor
there any apparatus to answer the ends of
nerntion. The external organ simply commu
nicated with thc urinary bladder by means
of the urethra. I have since, tff'va.ii endea
vored to obtain some light upon this mystc- ( an
rious snbjeet. 1 have questioned many per-. care
who have made it a bnsineas to take the . matt
th]
any thing he commences wheezing, and
dom desists until he has obtained what hi
sires, cither a piece of an orange or
thing to drink, liis cough is, perhap
of the most perfect simulacra of hu
fections about him; fof, looking awi
could Aardlv he convinced that it did
sue friffl||l)e larynx of .-m old man, to whom
in manv nISmffs, especially, the dull brillian-
y 0 f the cy«5**khout the iris and ^cornea, life
resemblance is painfully sttiki
pose a little elongated and
is creature would bear a
lance to humanity than
-ed mummy. AVhi
he stretched himsc
,tlv tired; h«Jay on
to hive had but one chief who rules with absolute power;
,.r .... ut-...il> has a subordinate
II
. golllo
not a little* intercourse
trough t
ol. Ihe natives of these teach of tiro other i«lat
,tu mi from them co-(chief with many others dap undent o n jilm
Heep :
"ankcJ
head, VBHnYHcr to pro
as an inciten^it to slumhei*.
frjf the head were covered, to
*t) ie extremities. While he ft-
„j thus, the female who apparently has
lirnal for food: betas these are generally) less
of intelligence, or instinct, or whatever
incurious,' arid take them only in the autumn | the hnlf-.ational, half-natural prompting mhy
incurious, and take tnem y I be called, came e’ese np to her companion,
and winter, fthen fnt an /' ^nLk' t.en"e'l out of her dull heavy lids at ‘hli rc-
could gam no mtelhg tint the voun® I cumbent posture, laid her head near liis fof
I may hazard another posmon.thatthc young j ^ mo| >, cnU| * ont , flft bim , educed by thp
never suck ; thnl they "‘flj,’"l*"'from''the i attic,ctivewess of her favorite food, hcuip-SCfi),
glands already mentioned, until the period of the very rattling! of_which * a
*,error was tranquil amt un to , mere |. cough to obtain irom “ 'V ^ p( ’ ami)n) ,„ , h e,n no Many J«ie a '* _
Ironce’or Elution. ' It had made ’JP her jTie deur.bed ,r«e^of^IJton. M 'ft thcUbl. n
■enntenince v-ts serene, and nothing to her
detachment ; and that they are then fed, by
the mother, with fruits and vegetables.
An old negro man in New-Jersey, informed
me (hot lie had seen the opossum in the copn-
hi've act. xml that they sported in thts pm-
cular as the r a f cn,,n * ca! * * ri '' . . . .
are now past since a highly,
inland, declared, in
of the late I)r. Isaac
the npaKumdorlitg
bag or box, begot in her a wltine of anticipa
tion. The female is very much denuded of
her hair, and appears from some livid marks
about different parts of the body to have *ul
lered much from knocking about the sea. llcr
abdomen is singularly protuberant, and when
half recumbent tiro head reclines on it it on a
cushion. They both appeal to hsve great re
luctance to standing upright, hut in almost«-
fety other erode of Tpconiotron dlflef ■»?*
eeitt't*otnce
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