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HUNKER HILL.
On tho 17ih of J Miii’, 1 1 . >•■ (sixty cit: ! :f
years ago) tlitj fV(*i ih turn li able battle of
Bunker Hill was fought in Charlestown.— ,
The following account c>f the battle is taken
from a pamphlet published in Boston in L'2s.
Fearing an intention <>n the | art of the
British to occupy the tinjnntatit heights at
Chailestovwi anil Dorchester, which would
enable them to command the surrounding
country, Colonel Prescott was detached, by
his own desire, front the American camp at
Cambridge, on the evening of the loth of
June, 1775, with about 1000 mil ta mostly
of Massachusetts, including 1 ‘2O men of Put
nam’s regiment from Connecticut, and one
artillery company, to Bunker Hill, with a
view to occupy and fortify that post. At
lids hill the detachment made a shoit halt,
hut Cbneluded to advance still non ter the
British, and'accordingly took possession of
Breed’s Hill a position which commanded
the whole inner harbot of Boston. Here, 1
about midnight, they commenced throwing
up a redoubt, which they completed nut
withstanding every possible effort from the
British ships and batteries to prevent them,
about noon the next'day.
So silent had the operations been conduct- j
cd through the night, that the British had
not the most distant notice of the design of
the Americans, until day-break presented
to their view the half-formed battery and
daring stand made against tbefn. A dread- ;
ful cannonade, accompanied with shells, was
immediately commenced from the British
battery at Cupp’s Hill, and the ships of war 1
and floating batteries stationed in Charles
river.
The break of day on the 17th of .I tine,
1775, presented a scene, which, for dating
and firmness, could never be surpassed—
-1000 unexperienced militia, in the attire of
their various avocations, without discipline,
almost without artillery and bayonets, scant i- ,
ly supplied with amunition, mid wholly des
titute of provisions, defying the power of the
formidable- British fleet and army, detei min
ed to maintain the liberty of the suil, or mois
ten that soil with their blood,
‘fhe fire of the Glasgow fiigate, was whol
ly directed with a view to prevent any com
munication across the isthmus that connects
Charleitown with tl e main la id, which kept
Up a continued shower of missiles, and ren
dered the communication truly dangerous to
those who should attempt it. When the in
tention of the Biitisli to attack the heights j
of Charlestown became apparent,the remain
der of Putnam’s regiment, Col. Gardiner’s ■
regiment, both of winch a* to numbers were !
very imperfect, and some New Hampshire
militia, marched notwithstanding the heavy
fire across the neck, forChai lestown I leiglits, ‘
where they arrived, much fatigued, just at- j
ter the British hail moved to the first attack.
The British commenced crossing the troops
from Boston about 12 o’clock, and landed at
Morion’s Point, S. K. from Breed’s Hill. At
2 o’clock from the best accounts that could !
be obtained, they landed between three and
font thousand men, under the immediate
command of Gen. Howe, and formed an ap
parently invincible order, at the base of the |
bill.
The movements of the Biitisli made it ‘
evident their intention was to march u stiong |
column along the margin of tho Mystic, and j
turn the redoubt on the north, while another |
column attacked it in front ; accordingly, to j
prevent this design, a large face became ,
necessary at the breastwork and tail fence, j
The whole of the feinfincements that arri
ved, amounting in all to 800 or 1000 men,
were ordered by General Putnam, who bad
been extremely active throughout the night
and morning, and who had accompanied the ‘
expedition to this point.
At this moment thousands of persons of
both sexes had collected on the church-stee
ples, Beacon Hill, housetops, and every
place in Boston and its neighborhood where
a view of the battle ground could be obtain
ed, viewing, with painful anxiety, the move
ments of the combatants—wondering yet
admiring the bold stand of the Americans,
and trembling at the formidable army mui
sh ailed in array against them.
Before 3 o'clock, the British formed, in
two columns, for the attack. One column,
as had been anticipated, moved along the
Mystic river, with the intention of taking
the redoubt in the rear, while the other ad
vanced up the ascent directly in front of the
Tedoubt, where Prescott was ready to re
ceive them. General Warren, president of
the provincial congress at.d of tlie commit
lee of safety, who had been appointed but
a few days before a major general of the
Massachusetts troops, had volunteered on
the occasion as ajprivatc soldier, and was in
the redoubt with a musket, unimutiiig the
men by his influence and example to the
most daring determination.
Orders were given to the Americans to
reserve their fire till the enemy advanced
sufficiently near to make their aitn certain.
Several volleys were fired by the British,
with but little success ; and so long a time
had elapsed, and the Biitisli allowed to ad
vance so near the Americans without their
tire being returned,that a doubt arose wheth
er or not the latter intended to give Hattie
—but the fatal moment soon arrived : when
the British had advanced to within about
eight rods, a sheet of fire was poured upon
them, ami continued a short time, with such
deadly effect that hundreds lay weltering in
their blood, and the remainder retreated in
dismay to the point where they had first
landed.
From daylight to the lime of the Biitisli
advancing on the works, an incessant fire
had been kept up on the Americans from
the ships and batteries—this fire was now
renewed with increased vigor.
After a short time the British officers hud
succeeded in rallying their men, and aguin
advanced, in the same order as before, to the
attack. Thinking to divert the attention of
the Americans, the town of Charlestown,
consisting of 500 wooden buildings, was
now set oil fire by the British. The roar
of the flames, the crashing of desolation pre
sented, the dreadful shrieks of the dying nnd
wounded ill the last attack, added to the
knowledge of the formidable force advanc
ing against them, combined to form a scene
apparently too much for men bred in the
quiet ictin incut of domestic life to sustain ;
but the stillness of death reigned within the
American winks, and nought could be seen
but the deadly pu-intvd weapon, ready to
hurl fre;-li destruction on tlieossailants. The
fiie oft lie Ann licans wus again reset veil till
tile British ii.mo still nearer than before,
when the same unerring aitn was taken, and
the Briti.-vh shrunk, terrified, ftont before its
final edict, (lying, completely routed, a se
cond time to the banks of the river, and
leaving, as before, the field strewed with
their wounded and death
Once more the Biitisb, aided by their re
infot cements, advanced to the attack, but
wit’ll great skill anil caution. Their artille
ry was planted on the eastern declivity of
lilt- bill, between the rail fence anil the breast
work, where it was directed along the line
of tho Americans, stationed at the latter
place, and against the gate—way on the
north eastern corner of the redoubt; at the
same time they attacked the redoubt on the
south-eastern and south-western sides, and
entered it with fixed bayonets. The slaugh
ter on their was gnat; but the
Americans, not having havouets to meet
them on equal terms, and their powder be
ing exhausted, now slowly retreated, oppo
sing ami extricating themselves from the
British with the huts of their pieces.
The column that advanced against the
rail fence was received in tho most daunt
less manner. The Americans fought w ith
spirit anil heroism that could not he surpass
ed, and, hud their amunition held out,
would have secured to themselves, a third
time, the palm of victory ; as it was, they ef
fectually preset veil the enemy from accom
plishing his purposes, which was to turn
their think and cut the whole of the Amer
icana off; but having become perfectly ex
hausted, this body of the Americans also
slowly retired, retreating in much better or
der than could possibly have been expected
from undisciplined troops, and those in the
redoubt having extricated themselves ftom
a host of bayonets by which they had been
surrounded.
1 he Biitisli followed the Americans to
Bunker Hill, but some fiesli militia, at this 1
moment coming up to the aid of the latter, j
covered their ri treat. The Americans cross- j
ed Charlestown Neck about 7 o’clock, liav- I
ing in the last twenty hours pet formed deeds
which seemed almost impossible. Some of !
them proceeded to Cambridge, and otiiets \
posted themselves quietly on Winter and j
Prospect IJi!!.%
Front the most accurate statements that j
can be found, it appears that tho Biitisli j
must have hail nearly 5,000 soldiers in the j
buttle; between 3 and -1,000 having first |
lauded, and tlie reinforcement amounting to ‘
over 1,000. Ihe Ameticans throughout ■
the whole dny, did not have 2,000 men on j
the field.
The slaughter on the side of the British
was immense, having had nearly 1500 kill
ed and wounded, 1200 of whom were either
killed or mortally wounded ; the Americans
about 100.
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Faint Mis. Ellis’ “ Duu;;h irs of England.”
Female beam v has ever been the theme
of inspiration with poets at and with heroes,
since the world began ; anil for all the sins
and the follies, anil they are many, for which
beauty has funned the excuse, has not man
been the abettor, if not the cause 1 Os this
habitual and systematic treachery to his
weak sister on this one point, what page —
what hook shall contain the record ! Would
that some pen more potent than ever yet
was wielded by n human hand, would trans
cribe the dark history, ant! present it to his
view ; for happy, thrice happy will be that
era, if it shall ever come, in the existence of
woman, when man shall he tine to her real
interests, and when he shall esteem it his
highest privilege to protect her —not front
enchanted castles, front jealous rivals, or
from ‘personal foes, but from the more in
sidious and fatal enemies which lurk w ithin
her ovvu heat t—lVorn vanity, from mvy, ami
front love of admiration.
To prove that 1 lay no unfounded charge
j at the door of man in this respect, let us
j look into society us it is. The beautiful wn
! man ! What court is paid to her ! What
i extravagances ate tittered and committed
by those who compose her circle of admi
rers ! Bhe opens her lips-*—men of high
intellectual.pretensions ate proud to listen.
1 Some trifling or vapid remark is all she ut
ters. They applaud, if she attempts to he
judicious; they laugh, if she aims at being
gay; m they evince the most profound re
verence for her sentiments, if the tone of
her expression is grave. Listen to the flat
tery they offer at the shrine of this idol of
tin hour. No; it is too gross—too absurd
for repetition. One thing, however, makes
it serious. Such flattery is frequently at the
expense of rivals, and even of friends ; so
that, while these admirers foster vanity,
they aie not satisfied without awakening the
| demon of envy in a soul—an immortal soul,
I which it ought to have been their generous
j and noble aim to shield from every taint of
j evil, and especially from so foul a taint as
1 that of envy.
i But let us turn to another scene in the
j drama of society. The very same men are
I disclaiming their unsuccessful eflints to ob
j tain the favour of this beauty, and ridiculing
i tho emptiness anil the fully of the remarks
i they so lately applauded. Time passes on.
i The beauty so worshipped begins to wane.
Other stars shine foitli in the hemisphere,
and younger belles assert superior claims to
admiration. \\ ho, then, remains of all that
prostrate circle 1 Notone! They are all
gone over to the junior claimant, and are
laughing with her at the disappointment of
the faded beauty.
This is a dark ami melancliolly picture,
hut for its truth I appeal to any who have
mixed much in general society, who have
either been beautiful themselves, oi the con
fidants nt beauty, or who have been accus
tomed to hear the uctnaiks of men on these
subjects, when no beauty was present. 1
might appeal also to the fact, that personal
beauty, amongst women alone, receives uo
exaggerated or undue homage. Were
there no men in the world, female beauty
would fie valued as a charm, hut l>v (To
means as One of the highest order; and
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happily for women, nil idea prevails amongst
ihem that those who want this charm, have
the deficiency made up to them in talent, or
in some other way.
Still, there is so natnml and irresistible n
delight in gazing upon heautv, that I never
could understand the philosophy of those
moralists who would endeavor to keep from
a lovely girl the knowledge that she was’
so. Her mirror is more faithful, and unless
that he ilestioyed, the danger is. that she
will suspect such moral managers of sinister
design in endeavouring to deceive her m
this point, and that, in consequence, site
will he put upon thinking still more of the
value nfu gift, with the possession of which
she is not to be trusted.
The very expro-sion—“ falling in lnv.\”
has done an ineali iihihle amount of mischief,
by conveying an idea that it is a thing which
cannot he resist* and, and which must he giv
en way to, either with or without reason.
Persons are said to have fallen in love, pre
cisely as they would he said to have fallen
into a level, or an ague fit ; and the worst
of 11 1 is mode of expression is, that amongst
young people, it has led to a general \ ieliiing
up of the heart to the first impression, as if
it possessed of itself no power i.f lesistaiiee.
It is from gent ral notions such as these,
that the iih a. and the name of love have lie
come vulgaii/ed and degraded; and, in
connection with this degradation, a flood of
evil has pnured in upon that laden of wo
man’s life, where the virtues of her domes
tic character aie exercised.
It is n very erroneous notion, enteituineil
hv some young persons, that lu make early
pretentions to womanhood, is an einbelish
ment to their character, or a means of in
creasing then happiness. Nothing in reali
ty can he more entiiely a mistake. One of
the greatest i harms which a girl can possess,
is that of being contented to he a girl, and
nothing more. Her naluralease of manlier,
her simplicity of heart, her frankness, her
guileless and confiding tiutb, are all opposed
to the premature assumption of womanhood.
Lven her joyous playfulness, so admirably
adapted lo promote thr health both of
mind and body'—oh! why does she has
ten to lay all this aside for the mock digni
ty of an artificial would-be woman ] Be
lieve me, the latter loses much of the inno
cent enjoyment of her early years, while
she gains in nothing, excej t a greater neces
sity for care and caution.
Though ttnth should he engraven ups n
every thought, and wind, and act, which
occurs in your intercourse with the man of
your choice, there is implanted in the nature
of woman a shrinking delicacy, w l.ii h ought
ever to prompt her to keep back some < f
her affection for the time when she 1 domes
a wife. No woman ever gained, but many,
very many have been losers, by displaying
all at first. Let sufficient of your love be
told, to prevent suspicion, or distiust; and
the self complacency of man will he sure
to supply the rest. Suffer it not, then, to fie
unfolded to its full extent. In the trials of
married life, you will have ample need for
an additional supply. Von will want it for
sickness, fur sorrow, for all the different ex
igencies of real experience ; but, above all,
you will want it to re-awaken the tender
ness of your husband, when worldly cares
and pecuniary 7 disappointments have too
much absorbed his better feelings ; and
what surprise so agreeable to him, as to dis
cover in his fiuther progress through the w il
derness of life, so sweet, so deep a f'oiai
| dation, as woman’s perfect love ‘!
77 c Emperor Nicholas and the Russian
Empire. —The Emperor is now -17 years
old, and for the last 20 years his life lips,
been one constant enterprise and toil. The
affairs of his overgrown empire, of which
he claims tho title of “ father,” are all to he
kept under his immediate supeiintenilnnce ;
ifa cornier arrives fiem Siberia, or Warsaw,
or from the Caspian, lie must overlook the
: despatch: if his grenadiers are to parade,
he must he present; even ifa fire breaks out
in his capital, there lie is, pulling, sweating
and shouting with the best of them.
Those who have seen his Majesty de
scribe his appearance as imposing in the ex
treme. He is G feet 2 inches in height, fitie
i ly formed, with great breadth of shoulder
and chest,length and symmetry of limb, with
a large blue, piercing eye, Grecian nose —
and eveiy part of his frame is in the same
colossal proportion. At the royal levee he
is distinguished amid all the jewelled and
sabliul piiuces, by his plain dress and com-
I nianding figute, and he towers above them
; all, like the first King of Israel among the
! shepherd warriors that surrounded him.—
He is the gigantic head of the must gigantic
empire on earth.
Itussia is certainly a most wondeiful coun
try. Stretching around three quartersof the
globe, it already numbers 71),000,000 of in
habitants. and ina century more may num
ber 100,000,00 ! It embraces every vaiie
! ty of soil, product and occupation, from the
j stunted pines of Archangel to tho blooming
j gardens of the Crimea, from the hunters of
j hears on the icejbills of Kamscliatka, to the
■ diggers of salt in the mines of Cracow. The
i rich wheat fields on the shores of the Black
| Sea pour their annual produce into the gran
aries of the Odessa, tho shepherd of their in
terior pastures his immense herds on the
! central steppes, and at each returning fair,
drives the firstlings of his flock to the bazars
of Moscow; while from the frozen North,
where life well nigh “ goes out” the iinrdv
forester lloats down, during his short lived
summer, the furs which he lias taken be
neath the light of the Aurora during his long
wintry night. All this varied population
are divided into two classes.
First come the hereditary nobles—huge
sons of Anak, purse-proud, high spirited,
and for the most part ignorant; rolling in
splendor and tilth, covered with diamonds
and vermin—a set of princely desperadoes,
ready at any time for a revel or a muster, a
masquerade or a cumpaigne. From the ri
otous nabobs, two or three of whom could
buy up the whole of lowa, at “ Government
prices,” there is but one step to the serfs in
comparison with whom our Southern slaves
I are fieemen indeed. Herds ofthem throng
; all the plantations of the nobility, working
; without pay, living on rye moal and chopped
! straw, until they can live no longer, and
then die, leaving a wretched inheritance of
i bondage to their children.
This immense empire, with its great ter
. rilory and its great diversity of rank, is ain
't-rolled by a standing army of 500,000 in
fantry—loo,ooo horse and 50,000 artillery
men! and this army is controlled by “tho
Autocrat of nil the Riissias.” Os this army,
the infantry are admirably drilled, well-in
formed, highly expert in the use of the bay
onet, ai; 1 1 the haul its! soldiers in Europe.—
•The cavalry are good, and the artillerymen
arc good, but the great strength in defensive
warfare ties in the Cossack itorsemcn.—
Who can read without admiration and ter
ror, of these wild cavaliers of the desert—of
i heir intense attachment to their countrv —
of their tiger-like cunning in laying in wait
tor their prey, and ferocity in destroying it
—oroftheii astonishing powers of endi r
i mice, sleeping on their horses and baking
i their meat under the saddle. To see one of
i those 11 oops of marauders in their green
I jackets, red hieeches, and jockey caps, with
a match-lock slung over their shoulders, and
a twelve foot pike in their hands, iise up
i suddenly fioiri the horizon like a cloud of
■ .“find, and come scouting over the plains
: with “ whoop and halloo,” must be a fright
j /ul apparition to an invading army. Bona
] fiiuto’s Fiend.men saw it often to theirsor
! row, and fell before it like the Simoon.
J ut w hat wid the ambitious despot, Nicli-
I o’as, with an ambitious,conquest-loving peo
ple like the Russians, do next ? It is verv
easy to see vvliat he would do, if it were not
for the fleets of England. Turkey would
.soon go into that rapacious maw which has
already swallowed Poland, and a great part
i I Persia, without appearing to lie any near
er full than w as tl e Slough of Despair, after
all the ci ntributions of stone and rubbish
from the Land of Destruction. The Em
press Catharine long since saw that the po
sition of the Archipelago, was the kev ofthe
whole toast, and then fore she erected a col
umn on the frontiers of the devoted country
with :his inscription : “ This is the way to
Constantinople-.” ‘That column is theguide
post of Russian politics : and should another
general war break out, an aimy of Russia
might soon be marching by it, in triumph,
hearing the spoils of the oldest capital in
Euiiq e to a city which 150 years ago was
a frozen marsh.— Newark (N.J.J Advertiser.
A serious Difficulty.- —The New Yoik Tii
hune publishes a statement of facts concern
ing a difficulty upon the Coast of Al’iica,
::t Sierra Leone, between the American
hiigantine Robert, Captain Albert Cook,
and the British Collector at Sierra Leone,
Mr. MiC’oi mack.
After trailing at many places along the
coast, the Robei t ai rived at Sierra Leone on
tlie oOlli March last, under the sole charge
of Captain Cook, the supercargo remaining
; at Kin Munoz to trade. Captain Cook im
! mediately reported to the Custom House
nnd handed in the manifest of his cargo,
adding that in consequence of having been
trading, there might he more ai tides on
hoard than were stated iti it, and that it was
difficult to ascertain if such was the case,
j in consequence ofthe death of his mate, and
| the absmee of his supercargo. Mr. McCor
j mack, the Collector, in presence of a tiler
\ chant named Lawrence, said that if any ar
j tides were discovered, the report might bo
j amended, and no seizure should lie made.
On the 12 of April, Captain Cook gave no
tice that he was about to sail, and his vessel
was duly searched by Mr. McCormack,
who found eight thiiteen pound boxes of
tea not mentioned in the manifest. These
he seized, claimed the forfeiture, and refused
to allow the report to be amended.
On the 17 ill, the vessel was cleared, and
when fairly at sea upon the Atlantic, she
was again hoarded by McCormick, who
j gave orders to put the vessel about and re-
I turn. This was done, but shorttv after
! wai and Captain Cook gave tbe pilot an order to
! put out to sea again. McCormack came
j aft, and shoved the captain by the shoulders
from the wheel, whereupon a scuffle ensued
in which McCormack, aided by the negto
crew sos his own and the pilot’s boat, was
the victor, and the vessel taken several miles
up the river toFreetown, the captain being
j treated barbarously. The vessel was again
! searched, and her papers, tlie chronometer,
some hags of money, and other articles re
moved, some of which were not returned.
! The captain arid mate were also, on the tes
timony of McCmmack and his men, brought
| up before the Police Court and fined J 5
j each.
Captain Cook contends that the conduct
! ofthe Collector is entirely unwarranted ;
I that he had performed all that the laws of
! the port required, and that the seizure of his
j vessel at sea was an outrage utterly un war
j rented by law. It is alleged by McCormack,
j that ho only acted iti the peiformance of his
j i uty.
| The documents giving a detail history of
i the transaction, have been laid before the
t proper authorities at Washington, having
j iieen forwarded by Lieut. Lewis, of the U.
S. brig Porpoise.
j (lead Adrice. —“ No man can ever borrow
j himself out of debt. Ifyou want relief, you
must work for it. You must wear liome
| spun instead of broadcloth, drink water in
-1 stead of champaign, and rise at four instead
of seven. Industry, frugality, economy,
these aie the band maids of wealth, and die
sure source of relief. A dollar earned is
worth ten borrowed, and a dollar saved is
better than forty times its amount in worth
j lass gevvguws. Try this scheme—it is
i ifiiieli better than to depend upon bank fa
vors and a thousand times more honorable
, than u resort to the bankrupt laws.”
Hope on ! Hope Ever! —flow seldom
i things turn out as badly as we have expec
ted ! And how soon we forget it ! Our
worst trials and our worst sufferings are
| cruelly exaggergated by our increasing ter
rors. Recall the hardest and the seve: estof all
the afHict’ims you may have been called up
on to bear, arid acknowledge the truth, and
them —go to your chamber; betake yourself
to vour closet, and acknowledge your uti
ihaiikliduess.— Hope on ! Hope ever !
APitor.isMs rnoM u out hi:
-The only books we really learn
from are those which wo are unable to
judge of, understand, and criticise. The
author of a book which we can appreciate
and criticise is our scholar. For this reason
will the Bible always influence the heart
and mind of man ; for no one will he able
to stand up and say, 1 understand it as a
whole, nnd I understand all its parts. Wo
generally tient books very much as we do
new acquaintances. At first we are highly
pleased, if we find in them any agreement
with our previously formed opinions—any
friendly approximation to any of our diet -
isiied thoughts cm! feelings. When we'get
In know them better, the disagreement first
comes to light, and we view them, not with
pnitial enthusiasm, but with cool attention.
Ages. — In every age, it was individuals
only that labored fur truth, not the age of
itself. We hear too much by far about “the
spirit of the age.” It was the age that poi
soned .Socrates—it was the age that bullied
John Ilii-s. There is very little difference,
after all, between one age and another.
Incomplete Alert. —Botanists have a class of
plants which they call iruowp/ctar, incom
plete ; and there is such a class among men,
too —those whose aims and wishes are nut
proportioned lo their powers and deeds.
Superstition. —Superstition is the poetry
of life. It is inherent in man’s nature ; ami
when we think it is wholly eiadicated, it
takes l efuge in the strangest holes and cor
nels, whence it peeps out all at once, as
soon as it can do it in safety.
Controversialists. —The opponents of any
idea, founded on reason and common sense,
are like men striking among live coals;
they may scatter them, but only to make
them kindle anil blaze on spots otherwise
they never would have touched.
Knowledge —We should he letter ac
quainted with many things, if we did not
seek to know them too thoroughly. Wt:
should remember that objects, to he seen
well, require to he viewed at an angle of
forty-five degiees.
Shalspcar. —Shakspear is the worst book
in the World for young authors of talent to
read. He exercisers such an influence over
them that they copy him, thinking all the
while that they are original.
Good Socicttf. —I once heard a sensible
man say of a very refined circle, that their
silence was as instructive to him as their
conversation.
Old Age. —Old age is never honored a
mong us, but only indulged as childhood is;
and old men lose one of the most precious
rights of man—that of being judged by llieii
peers.
Truth and Error. —lt is fur easier to de
tect error than to discover truth ; the one
| lies on the surface, and can easily be iliscev-
I cred ; the other lies deeply hidden, and
few are able to find it.
Revolutions. —ltnw profound a quiet al
was follows times of tumult ! as the diet
liscs with most violence before a shower,
and then is laid for a long time.
Autiipuit.il. — We arc w illing to look on
antiquity as superior to our time, but not on
poiterity. It is only a father that does not
envy the son.
Truth. —Truth is a torch, you say.—
Granted, btiMt is a huge one. And so we
shut out eyes, anil only try to get past it
safe, not without great fear that it might
scorch us.
Misfortune. —Fortunate neople seem to
think that their less happy fellow-creatures
ought to suffer and die before them with de
cency, as tlie Homans used to requite their
gladiators to do.
Errors. —The silliest of all errors is when
young men think they forfeit their claims
to originality, if they acknowledge any
truth that has been discoveied by others
| before them.
Soviet p. — lf it is true, to the literal sense,
that ail tin? wisdom of the world is fully in
the sight of heaven, is it worth a man’s while
to live to seventy I
Laws. —All laws and rules of action have
been made by old people and by men.—
Young people and women favor the excep
tion ; old people the rule.
Greece. —Of all the people upon earth, the
Greeks dreamed the loveliest dream of
life.
The World. —This word of ours is like a
fair hell with a crack in it ; keeps on clang
ing hut does not l ing.
Ingratitude. —lngratitude is a kind of men
tal weakness. I have never seen an able
man who was ungrateful.
Extracts from a Modern Dictionary. —
Belle—A beautiful but useless insect with
out wings, whose colors fade on being re
moved from the sunshine.
Heart—A rare article, sometimes found
in human beings. It is soon, however, de
stroyed by commerce with the world, or else
becomes fatal to its possessor.
Housewifery—An ancient art, said to have
been fashionable among young gills and
wives ; now entirely out of use, or practiced
only by the low orders.
Wealth—The most respectable quality of
a man.
Virtue—An avvkwaid habit of acting dif
ferently from others.
A vulgar word—lt creates great mirth in
fashionable circles.
Managers of lotter ies—Men who pay the
legislature handsomely for the privilege of
cheating the people.
Law proceedings—Unbruslicd cobwebs
of the dark ages.
Mar adage—The gate through which the
happy lover leaves his enchanted visions and
returns to earth.
Death—Air ill-bred fellow who visits peo
ple at all seasons, and insists upon their im
mediate by returning his call.
Author—Dealer in words who gets paid
iu b is own coin.
Domestic bliss—A term used by Milton.
Bargain—A ludicrous transaction in which
each party thinks he lias cheated tlie other.
Lunatic Asylum—A kind of hospital
where detected lunatics are sent by those
who have had the adroitness to conceal their
own infirmity.
Jail—The penalty of mischief, and often
the reward of virtue.
The Locust—to Postmasters and E,J,/
—This singular insect is nt this tim e ™*U
ing the people in vmious pint ions 0 f i?
United .Stoles. But, as it appears in 9
year in one section, and in another yearin°" C
other, it is a matter of gieat interest in’ U ”
illnl history to ascertain the boundaries ‘
extent of tei ri to ry occupied h/each f *m U
or district. I announced, a few days ’ ll
! that 1 had ascertained the existence''i>iv' 9 ’
1 teen different districts—since then 1 I*'*
discovered two more, mnkiim eieht,,* 0°
/nets or (armies of Locusts. If cat j l ~
Master in places where locusts B pp rar J'n
drop me a line, staling the fart tlreir
penrance at his location, I shali h c m
make out a complete map of ru , h
embracing every State county, town, & c
occupied by each family of locusts Tl
i “ ill Ptiyi-littlo ■ r.> tilde to the Posimaßte!'*
| and will he of great service to the ilevclon’
1 ment of the natural history of our count 1
1 I will also send to eveiy Postmaster, W K,’
; shall send me the information required ‘i”
above, a book, containing the whole natn’
| 1 history ofthe insect. To Editors u| m
shall copy this article and send rue a conv
ofthe paper containing it, 1 will also B ciid
a copy of the hook above mentioned, when
published. If Editors of papers and I’o Sl .
! masters comply with this request, I nhnll
| he able to present to them the history ofthe
j most curious insect of the world. It nuet
he obvious, that nothing but the agency of
! Postmaster am Editors, as above, can at
complisli the object; and I ask it ofthem
the more freely, because l can have no pen
annul interest in it.
GIDEON B. SMITH, M. 1).
Baltimore, (Aid.) June 11, 1813.
Trench Opinion ofthe Repeal Agilu/i,,,,
—'l'lie National publishes a summary ofthe
proceedings of the Repeal Association, fi,
Buhlin.aml observes that though Mr.O'Con
nell is pacifically inclined, the enemies of
Ireland qre not so. England is a jealous
conjurer, which will not suffer that her vic
tims will break her chain. She conquered
Ireland, and she holds her oppressed pm*
attached to her power by the heaviest chain-.
She has imposed on Ireland her laws, htr
aristocracy, her territorial constiiiuiori, and
the dominion ofliei clergy. It is in thisat
mosphere, without air and without sun, that
Ireland is compelled to exist, always desti
tute, and always indignant; and if her heart
j revolts, il her valiant population endeavor In
! break her chains, the cannon are ready, and
the w ar of extermination will not long he dc
kiyed. Such at present is her situation. It
must lead, sooner or later, In a dreadful cri
sis. Let Ireland prepare for it ! Justice,
right, and Europe are on her side. Nations
will join in the contest, and wherever hu
manity is inspected, ardent prnyeis will he
offered for the success ofthe cause of lie
land. which is the cause of all oppressed
people. Such is the opinion of Frenchmen.
Interesting Incident. —A earlier pigeon nl.
lighted nl die house of the Hun. William SI.
Burial!, in Caiman, on Monday afternoon,
giving signs of hunger and fatigue. Ai dn>
Judge B. never sends the traveler away on
ly, lm brought some wheat lo bis winged ve
in r,w h ell it very greedily cat from his bainl.
While the pigeon was eating, its logs worn
noticed to be wiapped with paper; and on
removing the bandages they weie (omul iu
contain Mr. V\ ebstor’s speech, delivered 011
Saturday, 17th inst nt tie Bunker Hill celi
hration, written o:i two sheets of tissue paper.
The Judge had the pleasure of reading the
speech while ti e bird was satisfy ing its Ima
ger and regaining its strength, nnd then re
placing tlie tissue l oots on the faithful aiiy
messenger, il look a rapid flight to the West,
nnd soon, we trust, found its way to the
owner. — Litchfield Enq.
Death ly Lightning.—Husband and
I Wife. —The Lycoming Fa. Gazette announ
ces the melancholy death of Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart at tlreir residence in Lycoming
Township, on Senday evfn'ng. the 4th in.-u_
They were engaged, on bended knees, in
oflering up their devotions to the Supreme
Being, when they were struck by lightning,
and instantly killed. Four small children
have, thus suddenly, been deprived of an af
fect innate father and mother, and left to the
mercy and protection of an Allwise Provi
dence. How striking tiro adomonition:
“Be ye also ready, for ye know not when
the Son of man comet'll.”
The Estate of Gen. Washington. —A cor
respondent ofthe Troy Whig states that the
Mount Vernon estate, which was the home
and embraces tlie tomb of Washington, mnv
now he bought for 820,000. It comprises
about 1,800 acr es of land, twelve miles or su
south of Washington City, hut under poor
cultivation, and the buildings much dilapi
dated. Gen. Washington’s garden remains,
including many ofthe trees he planted an“
the plants he imported. Tire site is beauti
ful, though the land is greatly overgiowu
with hushes.
Electricity. —lt is stated in an English pa
per that a little girl who bail been some time
under water, was restored to life by electrici
ty, after all other means had failed. Hie
shocks were passed gently through the hca<
and breast, and along tlie spine, while t -
power was gradually increased. _ h‘ 11,1
minutes she gave signs of life, anil in tliuj
quarteis of an hour was quite recovered
This would seem to establish the fact l IU
electricity is the principle of life.
Important Improvement in DagucrreutUS
Painting.. —Mr. Whitney, in writing to U
friend in this city, says that “ Clinton, t ll
chemist, has within u few days past, bik
ceeded in fixing (by an after process) ‘ ll
colors of flesh, drapery, flowers, M -, wll ‘‘
the strength and vividness of nature. J ha' 1
seen forty or fifty specimens which n vt ‘J
tint the most finished efforts ofthe pcuci
iS t. Louis Republican.
Os twelve person who have held th®
1 office of Mayor of Washington, since J 1 •’
five have been printers. The city has, “
doubt, been remarkably well governed.
Neither of the five Mayors laid out ‘
city, we venture to say, for no good P 1 1” N
would be guilty of such shocking bad -T J
ing.”— U, S. Gazette.