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POHTBT.
THE LOVERS’F AST MEETING.
Wc tnot—yet ilid not snoak,
Our tvords were one drop lengthen’d rigli,
Like hearts which inly break,
t/ivc, ere they burst their cordn and die J
Musie was breathing round,
A .id splendor shed its dazzling light;
\W ( ill not hear n sound,
Nor sec what gleam’d upon our sight.
The sculptur'd marble form
Had mo.e of life than we possess’d,
Save that there was n storm
Of pnsflions warring in each breast.
He grasp’d my hand—’tuns rlpll.
And his was pale and deadly odd;
I fell its pressure thrill
IJke thoughts whose powVcan no or be told.
Thouffhis passionate, intense,
Y 1 full of wo, despair and gloom,
Wim h cheat the poet’s sense,
And carve for him an eariy tomb.
W > lov’d as few have lov’d;
All feeling*, in our breast that grew,
All hones and fears that mov’d
Each other’s soul—each oilier knew.
And vet we madly deem'd
' fwas hut ns friendship's tranquil ray;
Which in our bosom? gleam’d,
And flung its radiance o’erour way.
Rut we were told to part—
The hour which brought the dark decree
Drew from each trustin',' heart
'i’hc veil of calm security.
To part!—that fatal word
Hath echoes mournful as the knell,
When first its peal is hoard
For one who worsliipp’d long and well.
To part!—the word is drear,
bn muds the gasping cry of life
Up ;!«♦* tart led ear
From out the water’s u helming strife.
We parted!—and we bore
Abroad a brew of smiles and glee,
Though our heart’s inmost core
Was cankering with misery.
Wo met again ere Ion’',
Oh! mt beneath the moon's soft ray,
Bill in a heartless throng,
'Ncatli fashion’s rule und folly’s sway.
Vows were upon each tongue
Which seal’d our lips i
Tears on iny eyelids hung,
Yet no one pray’d ine not to weep.
But in his earnest gaze
His soul’s keen anguish well I rend,
It spoke— 41 My bosom pays
With quivering groans each tear you shed.”
That look hath never pass’d
From off the mirror of my brain:
I fell *twould be his Inst—
It was—wc never met again!
i silence deep—
RASH VOWS.
Oil Jessy's lip there glow’d such clmrms,
I could not for my soul resist tier;
1 caught her blushing in my arms,
And in her bloom of beauty kiss’d her.
Till panting, trembling, and nlruid
To givo tier tender bosom pain,
1 cried forgive, fo.give sweet muid I
I vmv I’ll ne’er oflend again.
I do forgive, she kindly cried,
And sweetly arched her smiling brow j,
I do forgive, she softly sigh’d,
Bn* prv’fhee, dei"-, make no rash vows.
of them on their way to the Floating Bath.
How the boatmen would stare at them !
Then wc have their promenade dress—blue
routs, white waistcoats and pantaloons, muslin
cravats, figured all over with colored sprigs,
nnd, in the left button hole, a half blown rose.
These “ gentleman” really seem to be quite
I devotees of the goddess Flora, wearing her cn-
j signia in every possible manner. First for the
j bath, they dress ihemselves as much to re
semble tulips as they well can ; their prome
nade dros-es seem like an attempt to repre
sent the. lily, although they may perhaps bear
a closer resemblance to an enormous inverted
bean blossom ; and, no doubt, when they get
arnong-t (be ladies, they will endeavour to put
on the resemblance of the passion flower.
Their buttons, railed ala Diane and a la Pys-
die. made of motber-o’pearl, ornamented with
the fingiire ofhirds, butterflies, and other little
objects, perfectly well painted, and executed
in the most lively colors ar.d of undoubted du
ration. The a la Diane buttons are used for
hunting conts.arid from their representing birds,
butterflies, and other little objects, are proba
bly intended to he emblematical ofthe wearers,
who. as G. A. Stevens says, “ flutter about tine
Indies ns the flies about a flower garden, as
light, ns trifling, and as useless.”
Then we'hnve their hunting dress, their ri
ding-dress, their evening dress, their country
hall-dress, their town hall-dress. Sic. How
happy it is, that this genius of the human spe
eies have matters of sueli importance to oc
cupy their attention! Were it not for these,
bow could they dispose of their time ? To set
about any of those employments railed useful,
is quito out of the question. How could they
exert themselves, or what time have they to
spare from the toilette! An instance is given
m the paper before us. It seems, that in the
country, the young men of fashion vie with
.-nch other in going, before dinner, to gath
er hoquets for tbe ladies. But bow could
young man of fashion undergo the fatigue of
gathering flowers ? How could lie bunr the
scorching rays of the sun, or how could ho
stoop to the flower-bed ! It is out of the qnes.
lion. The gardener, therefore, has to produce
a basket of flowers at the proper time, and the
nosegays are presented to the ladies ns the
collection of the dandies. This puts us in
mind of an old song we have heard of a dandy
sportsman presenting some purchased birds,
after a day’s shooting : the song savs,
“ Though I shouted but once, and then kilted my poor
dog,
I swears, and stands toil, I shot’em. 1
To wenr but one ring on the little finger of
the left hand is the distinguishing mark of a
real utnn of fashion, and tin's is the only ring
he wears. According to this account then,
oar-rings are not yet ndopted. The eyeglass,
instead of being worn about the neck, us for
merly, is kept ill the side pocket. Perhaps the
weight ofthe glass and chain were found to be
too much for the gentle creatures’ necks.
The account before us is, however, deficient
in several points of useful information. It does
not state wlint sort of parasolv the gentlemen
carry, or whether they use any; or what sort
of pattens they use to keep their gentle feet
out of the dirt in wet weather. Neither docs
it tell what sort of snufThoxcs are used, or spe
cify the fashionable sort of stiufT; or whether
the gentlemen have yet adopted the use of the
fan. Now these things wo look upon ns of
no less importance than the pattern and mate
rial of the different parts of dre-ss, particularly
the snuff. For “ it is as well to ho out of the
wot Id as out ofthe fashion,” and if we thought
Portrait of the Sullatijr—Ur. Walsh, in hi«
Narrative of a Journey from Constantinople to
England, (which we recommend toour readers
as a work well written and graphic in itself,
and peculiarly interesting at the present mo.
ment,) has made repeated allusions to the
reigning sovereign of the Turks, and from his
work we compile tbe following account. Ma
homed is a man a little past the prime, but still
in the vigour of life He succeeded his imbe-
rilo brother, Mustapha, in the year 180S,
When he mounted the throne, the Russians
were at war with the Tarks; and it was at the
moment when the latter were retreating from
the positions they held at our last advices
The new Sultan began at once to display the
energy of his character. He set up the stan
dard of the prophet nt a large plain two miles
from Constantinople, and issued a Haiti She-
r f. that all Mussulman should rally round it.
He thus assembled a large army, but after
some severe conflicts with the Russians, both
parties were induced to come to an accommo
dation in 1812, the Turks being obliged tore
linquish considerable territory. The Sultan
resembles Peter the Great in many points of
character; the same determination in underta
king,the same energy in pursuing, and the same
relentless rigour in executing any purpose:
like Peter, he found the domineering of his
prselorian guards no longer tolerable; and as
Peter rid himself ofliis Strelit7.es, so Maho
mod determined to dispose of his janissaries.
Finding they revolted at his attempt to intro
duce the European discipline, lie caused them,
to the number of 20,000 to be surrounded by
his other troops, and slaughtered. Ho is a
man well versed in oriental literature, writes
nnd understands Arabic well; and his Hntti
Sherifs, which he always dictates, and some
times writes with his linnd, are admired for
their style and composition. He is not a man
of a morose or cruel disposition in his own
family: on the contrary, ho has several chil
dron, to whom he is affectionately attached;
and in his ordinary intercourse in private life,
he is urbane and affable. His public conduct,
however, has been marked by extraordinary
fierceness and unrelenting rigour, even to
Turks themselves; nnd in this he has shown a
disregard to human life, and not a strict ad
herence to human obligations. But whatever
In’s conduct has been to his own subjects, to
those of other nations he has afforded the most
inviolable protection. He has discontinued
the barbarous practice of his predecessors, in
sending ambassadors to tho Seven Towers; in
tend of which, whenever they disagree, and
are disposed to depart, ho affords them every
facility, and those of llieir nation who please
to remnin are in security. It is but justice to
the Sultan to say that his moderation and good
faith havo afforded examples which Christian
nations in Europe might be proud to follow.
The Turks obtained possession of Constanti-
noblo under a Mahomet, and they are firmly
persuaded they will loso it under a Mahomet,
—nnd that Mahomet the present reigning Sul
tan. This impression is confirmed by ancient
prophecies which are current among them. lie
is the last of the male race of Mahomet of an
age fit to reign; nnd it is to this circumstance
he is indebted for his inviolability.—N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
t-'rntu the I.oniluii Mucazinc of Fashions,
Vnr inoilca of diesalet belles ami .’nmlies fight,
111” may lie « rung—llir lielle’aia always right.
Fashions.—Tbero has evidently been n I Strasbourg, or S. P. or Prince’s Mixture was
stir . chi, although n silent one, for some years > 8°’ m,r ' ,n - x °f Lundy should remain un-
pnst, on the part of that genius of the human ! ,nuc hed until it became “ the rage” again.
Apt vies called the dnridy, to vie with the ladies " P l> l *d almost forgotten to give the fullow-
ie “ important article ol fashion, and oven to ' ' h £ extract from the Dandy bulletin now lying
si ms tiium in their devotion to the caprices : before us :—“ A new coat collur lias just sp
ot :• fickle goddess. Tho dandy is not n new 1 petted ; it is made of black velvet and is cut
genius : it has always existed, although under,' ' nl ° n P°' nt behind; it resembles precisely the
different names—such ns fop, beau, buck. See.;; stomacher hand worn by the ladies round
and the nppclution dandy has been rerenlly j '* ,e,r w °ists. and from which the idea has cer-
applicd. There is another new jinmo Intclv | ,n ' n b’ been tnken. The collar has a novel ef-
publishcd, the exquisite: whether the name ■ nnt i ,l,, t #• outre !’’ Now, this is very
exquisite is upplicd to dandies generally, orj 'mportant information ; but it is to be lament-
whelhcr it signifies a variety of that genius, we t * lut •h** dandies, in their collective wisdom,
do not-know ; but of lule years there seems to C0 "M not devise an original collar, instead of
hmo been a considerable increase in their
numbers.
These persons hove hern fur a long time
vying with each other in the cut of their coats,
the protuberance of their breasts, the smallness
o f their waists, the tie ofthe cravat, the pecu-
li, r dressing of the hair, the shape of tho hat,
am. 1 divers other etceteras, until they have at
length digested n code of fashion, which makes
its appearance monthly lo a London paper,
nov King before us, there appear first “ Fe-
ttcio Fashions for August," und then “ Gen
tleman’s fashions for August.” The editor
has, indeed, properly placed the famalo fash
ions first, out of politeness ; but the male up-
•pears to be of the greater importance, for whilst
the description of the female fashions is com
prised in thirty seven lines, that ol the gentle
man occupies no less than ninety five, not
much short of three times tho space. We may
yet see the day when females, finding that the
dandies try to occupy tin ir ground in the pub'
lir prints as well ns in feminine dress and de
ni a nor. will leave the ground undisputed to
tli -o. and we shall have Mo fashions to porusc
or ■-•port but those ofthe “ gentlemen.”
It is amusing enough to rend over the de
scription given of these “gentlemen’s fash
ions.” First wc ure introduced to them in
their disabdlr—such u dress ns should be worn
in going to the hath. This consists of a sur-
tout coat of blue Merino cloth, fastened and
-ornamented by flat braiding. No waiscoat
should bo worn, but tbe «birt is to be blue or
■pick gingham laid in somll plaits. How neat!
Tbe dress to be fi.ii h'd hv pantaloons coming
as low as the feet, striped with blue or brown*
a Madras cravat in large chequers, and jean
•hppers. \\ ho can perretve any thing prettier
th lythe appearance of a lot of dandies so at-
tUc.: T .....
of tulips.
wearing a lady’s stomacher band mund their
necks. Its origin, we are told, was on this
wise. A dandy of sonic note was lounging in
a inillener’s shop at the west end. Whilst he
wns eqjoving a little tete-o-tete with some of
the women, a girl of some humor, lately intro
duced from the country, ingeniously, and un
known to the dandy, fixed on old stomacher
hand round his nerk. nnd suffered him to dc.
part with Ins new decoration, on which occa
sion the women enjoyed a hearty laugh at his
expense. He had not, however, gonefardown
Bond street, before the new collar wns noticed
by several of the dandy tribe ; and alter a few
consultations on the subject an imitation was
determined upon. The dandy upon whom the
trick was plnycd, although horribly chagrined
and immensely out of countenance at first, upon
being assured tlmt it was very becoming, sent
for his tailor nnd had one put lo his coat im
mediately. It is not uncommon at country
fares for men to grin through horsc-collnrs;
but wc Itnvc, not men indeed, but dandies grin
ning through n part of a lady’s dress. There
is a man in Chester, yelept Burrows, celebra
ted for a particular sort of collar, to whom we
would recommend some of these dandies to
apply. Burrow's collars ore remarkable for
affording great support to the body, and have
some peculiarity, that of procuring undisturbed
sleep to the wearers. Similar collars are ma
nufactured at Lanrostcr, York, and most ofthe
cities and shire towns in the kingdom.
At the cricket match nt Brighton, last week,
a rustic Firmer, in conversation with a gentle
man on the ground, told him, with all the sin
cerity of (null, that lie had heard how that one
Captain Pnrrv had been on a voyage to the
North Pole, and had brough' a piece ofthe pole! nnd through ramparts of clav by which the
hrinw- avi tli liim u.M. ... I.: 1. I I i i. 1 n • 1 . ..
Slivmla.—“ Our way lay over n hill which
commanded the whole country, nnd I stopped
on the summit at sun-rise to view it. Behind
us lay the vast ridge of the Balkan, which we
had passed, presenting a more inaccessible
face at this side than nt the other, running
along the horizon in a right line like a vast
wall which ascended to the clouds. Tbe an
cients had such an idea of the height of this
ridge, that Pomponias Mila affirms, the Eux-
ine und Adriatic could bo seen from it at the
same time, and Pliny says it was six miles high.
The length of tho chain is not less remarka
ble than the height, extending for five hun
dred miles—one end resting on the Gulf of
Venice nnd the other on the Blnck Sea. The
chain is now called the Bnlknn, which signifies
n difficult defile, and it is properly divided into
high und low; Ihc latter advancing forward on
each side, like oulwo/ks before the great na
tural rampart.
“ The town of Shumla lies in an angle of a
vnllcy, forme ■ by two ridges of tlroso low
mountains; they arc the last branch of them at
this side, and their extreme termination. If,
therefore, the whole breadth of this immense
chain bn tnken, it may be said to oxtend from
Fnkin to Shumla, 32 hours or <6 miles, the
country beyond these places being all level
plain, und beyond them being all mountain; the
lofty ridges, however, extend only from Haid-
hos to Topeniza, nine hours, or twenty-seven
miles.
“ Tho mountains about Shumla form
semicircular umplutheatrc, up the sides of
which the gardens and plantations extend to
the summit of the hill, overhanging tho town
with a very rich and beautiful prospect; below,
at the oxtremitv of tho ridges, an immense
plain begins, which extends to the Danube on
tho North, and the Black Sea on the East.
Here nro seen tho town, &c. of Varna, be
tween two head Innds, distant eighteen hours,
or forty-four miles. To this port, all who
wish to avoid tho difficulties of the Balkan,
hire a vessel from Constantinople, and from
hence come to Shumla. In fact, it appeared
as if the country from the Danube to the Pro
pontis was originally a dead flat surface: when,
by some convulsion ef nature, this ridge of
mountains was thrown up, which divided the
country like a vast wall running from the
Black Sea to the Atlantic. The part of tho
plain lying on tho South of the ridge wns for
merly called Thrace, and is now Romelia; the
pert on the North was formerly called Matsia,
and now Bulgaria.
“ Shumla is a very large and populous town,
combining about sixty thousand inhabitants.
Vie entered the town across a deep fosse;
from Rasgrad to this place, while their Cos
sacks, pushed across the mountains as far as
Burgliaz. They were, however, obliged to
retreat without taking the town.
“ As a military station, Shumla seems to
have been of great importance to the Turkish
empire. It is on the point at which all the
roads leading from the fortresses on the Dan
ube concentrate. Its fortresses would he
weak and contemptible in the hands of Euro
pean troops, but are a very efficient defence
when manned by Turks. They consist of
earthen ramparts and brick walls, in some pla
ces flanked by strong built watch towers, each
capable of holding eight or ten “ tophelegees,’
or musqueteers. They stretch for three miles
in length and one in breadth, over a ground in
tersected with valleys, and the extent and ir
regularities of the surface prevent the possi
bility of their being invested. It is here the
Turks form their entrenched camp in the con
test, and the Russians have always found it im
pregnable. Twice they havo advanced as far
as Shumla, and have been repulsed without be
ing able to advance farther.”—Walsh's Jour
ney.
Western Oddity.—A (another time wc will en
deavor to introduce to the reader tho greatest
oddity in literature, with which wc have ever
met, who lately crossed our path. If we could
convey to the public the impression which he
gave us, it would allow that nothin'! strange or
unaccountable could lie met with afterwards.
We allude to a person to whom wc were lately
introduced by the name of Ashcraft. He was
born in England, trained and reared on the
Muskingum, and had received, he states, just
six week’s school instruction, such as he there
found,in the course of his life. He calculated
an eclipse without ever having seen an exam
pie of the mode. He writes verses, not very
correct, but some of them of great and thrillin^
power. He is all nerve, and kindles to tears
while reciting his own verses. He often meets
with beauties on the western waters, in cotnpa
rison of whom Laura ns painted by Petrarch
was but a common lady His most exalted
flame died the lady of another husbnlid, thou,
he ineffectually sued for her hand. One of
his flames, to whom he was wedded, lives like
lady Byron, in a separate establishment. He
seemed entirely amiable, and though talented
ns simple as a child, and deeply imbued with
religious feeling. He had practised law in a
remote village of Indiana—had been, as he
said, every where as harmless, and as timid as
a cricket, and yet he added, he knew not why,
he was very unpopular, always in hot water
and could not make enough of the law to pay
his board ! Yet this man, we suspect, under
different circumstances, might havo been an
American Robert Burns.—Flint’s Review.
A short time ago a person died at Farnham
named, I believe, Mills. He was a man of
extraordinary disposition and strange hnlii
tudes. He suffered his beard to grow for some
years, till it had assumed a patriarchal length
and, it is said, seldom applied soap to cleanse
his face withal. It wns known he was posses
sed of some money—perhaps 1,000 or 1,5001
for he denied himself many of the common
necessaries, nnd all the luxuries of life. He
has two sons, but they were brought up and ed'
ucated in a very humble way, and were put to
trades a considerable distance from the inhos
pitable home of their father. As might be ex
pected, on'tho old min’s death considerable
curiosity was manifested to nscertnin how
much cash he had accumulated, and those im
mediately interested were not n little surprised
by learning, on application at the Bank, that,
instead of 1,100/, or 1,500/, he had safely
lodged there as many thousands ! This agreea
ble fact stimulated further inquiry, nnd it wns
more than suspected, from h-s close mode of
living at homo, that possibly a few odd guineas
or sovereigns might be left there, as well as in
the Bank. Accordingly a rummage was insti
tuted, and, a clue being had, tbe cellar was
searched, where, snugly concealed in a corner,
were found about 10,000! As such success
had attended the parties below stairs, it wns
thought prudent to adopt n similar process in
the uppor apartments. They were not disap,
pointed. Gold coin was found in vnrious pla
ces—even in tea cups and pill boxes, and the
total proceeds of the search rewarded them
with near 12,000/. Such are a few of the par
ticulars which I have heard of this rather sin
gular circumstance.—Morn. Herald.
Great excitement seems to havo been occa
sioned in Boston, by the late sudden nnd unex.
peeled maniage of John Winsi.ow Whitman,
esq. editor of the Bachelors’ Journal.—As we
have the honor of belonging to that respecta
ble class, called Ot.n Bachelors—not from
choice, by the bye, but from pure necessity—we
regret exceedingly, that an occurrence of the
kind should have taken place; but we cannot
believe, with many of our brother editors, that
tho eloquence of Major Noah could have in
duced this unfortunate young man to proceed
to such an act of desperation. Tho following
paragraph tesperting him is from the “ Bower
of Taste;" a literary periodical published in
Boston,and edited by Mrs. Katharine A. Ware,
with whose reputation our readers are proba
bly well acquainted.—-V. F. Evening Gazette.
“ How hare the Mighty Fallen."—We learn
that the great bulwark which has recently been
erected in defence of celibacy has by “ Provi
dence” been deprived of one of its most orna
mental and strongest Pillars. Lo.! Sampson
—tho Philistines are upon thee! Thy am
brosial locks are shorn, and thou hast “ become
weak as another man !” In short the “ Edi
tor” of the Bachelors’ Journal” is (£)“ Mar
ried !-£j] Think of that, Ladies!—even he,
hath yielded to tho spell of “ Power!" Even
he who awhile flourished his goose quill so
manfully in defence of‘‘single blessedness.”
H lw> lib. ■. t. i , , ... —:r —s" r "J uhuukii ruimmiis oi ciav uy wmrn inn
Wo should really like to see eomoJticket baft w “ ,lwhicbbo h:,d n,ado a j Russians «ore repulsed in their last invasion
w -01 turkey: their train body had advanced
Intemperance Extra—Tn the course of las!
week a rr- .notable lady, re-iding. we need not
say where, disrovered that aeasl nfhntno made
wine, at least a “iwamond auld since lint was i'
the bell,” had become so acid as to be nearly
undrinkable. To have given it away would
have done little good ; for truth is, British
wine, at the best, is so poor a substitute for
the generous juice of the Tuscan grape, that it
has in a great measure ceased to be prized
since the duties were lowered on the forego
article. Of this fact the lady was well aware,
and had heard, moreover, that dreg, or refuso
of distillery worts, is an excellent thing for
fattenning pigs. To the pijrs, therefore, the
wine was sent, and carefully emptied into a
stone trough, in the presence of four greedy
grumphies. In a moment their lugs were im
mersed in the liquor, and, so far from finding
any fault with it, they grumphed out in concert
a vote of thanks to their generous benefactress.
More than one person witnessed tho house, and
wc have their authority for stating that more
determined topers were never seen. At first
all was mirth and good fellowship, hut, as the
wine begun to tell, a very different scene was
exhibited, and, in the course of half an hour or
so, the whole had hccomc as drunk as a Da
vie’s sou’." Whiskey was prohibited at the
Clare election, and, if we may judge from- tho-
effects of iiquor on swine, tho priests acted
with great wisdom. Like a different class of
debauchees, they began to quarrel about the
merest trifles ; offence was taken when none
was intended : bites exchanged, if not blows ;
and in the melee that ensiled, two of the pigs
got their cars lacerated, and torn from their
necks, while a third after fighting gallantly, was
minus a full half of his tail. The fourth, which
appeared to he the most drunken ofthe whole,
was immediate knocked ahout and over, nnd
died the same night, less ns is supposed, from
injury than intemperance. Tho roaring and
squealing, which were quite tremendous,
brought a great number of pruseiis to the spot,
as the combatants hit and kicked pell-mell—
right and left —behind nnd before—without ei
ther method or any visible cause—those who
were ignorant of the previous fuddle believed
that they were either bewitched or possessed.
Some, however, were wicked enough to r .joy
the joke, and slvly suggested that either the
Iliot Act should lie read, ora surgeon sent lor,
to try the effect of the stomach pump ! Such
an instrument, had there been one in the town,
might havo saved the life of tho defunct ani
mal ; but still ivo suspect few operators would
have ventured, at such a critical moment, lo
open the jaws of an unruly swine. In the above
paragraph there is no exaggeration, and wo
have only to add, that though three of the re
vellers are slowly recovering, they will never,
in point of ears and tails, he any thing like
themselves again.—Dumfries Courier.
Selling a Wife by deletion.—One of those
scenes deservedly rocordcd as a reproach overt
to a barhorous age, but doubly disgraceful,
whatever the alleged misconduct, in a country,
with the slightest pretensions to civilization,
took place a few days since, in the market place
of Honiton, where (the town criqr having pre
viously given public notice) a wretch in human
shape, ofthe name ofllenrv Broom, ofthe pa
rish ot Buckorwell, after enumerating her vn
rious qualifications, in tho language and style
of a jockey, put his wife up nt auction. The
woman, fine grown and of handsome person,
about 25 years of ago, and 3 years married,
stood by his side, and the first bidding was
thatofapainte r , who offered 2s6d;upon which
she said, “ Thank you Sir.” A carpenter
cried 7s. 6d.; and n Knight of the Thimble.
2s. more. A Inirhcr topped the whole, aug
menting the biddings nt 8s. at once; upon this,
Thomas Trcmlett.of Awliscombe, named One
Pound, and the husband crying, “ a lucky hit,”
let fall his hammer. The monov was instantly
paid and the transfer of property took place,
and the pair moved off together: hut the indig
nation of the spectators, upwards of 1000 in
number, was by this time excited, and Broom
was assailed by hisses. The annoyance in
creasing, lie essayed to defend himself, and
get rid of the molestation, by the use of brick
bats, which were flung about with violence,
and several boys struck.—London John Bull.
A Rainbow in the .Might.—Let none of our'
readers think the following too strange to bo
true. We ran assure them that we have twice
witnessed a like phenomenon. Those seen by
us, however, might more properly have beet:
called fogbows than rainbows. The moon
was near its full; the sky was very clear, till a
dense fog from the Connecticut overspread the
adjacent land. The hows in tho fog were dis
tinct, though tho colors in the rainbow could
not ho distinctly seen. Tho arch seemed a
fog more dense than tho surrounding; and near
ly approaching to whiteness. Those who un
derstand the philosophy of the rainbow, will
find no difficulty in accounting for the fogbov.
—A beautiful Lunar Rainbow was seen at .Sa
co, Me. about ten o’clock on Monday evening.
It was nearly a perfect arch, but tho prismatic
colors were very faint.—Vermont Herald.
Mademoiselle Ssntag lately sung five songs
at Cambridge, Eng. for which she received
3001. exactly two guineas a word.
A Warning.—A curious exhibiton was wit
nessed in Paris a short time since. About 100
Auvergnats, chiefly charcoal and corn porters,
having at their head two musicians, went in
procession to the quarter of the city’. One of
them, mounted on an ass. boro upon his back
and bosom large placards, upon which wero
written the Christian and surname of one of
their comrades, who had been condemned by*
the body at large to this exposure, for having
suffered himself to be beaten by his wife. The
placard bearer sat with his face turned towards
the tail of the ass, which ho held a3 a bridle.
The procession stopped in the Rue St. Lan
dry, before the house of the unlucky husband,
where the music struck up, and they executed
sevpral dances; after whirh thev dispersed ’o
crown their work with copious libations at tho
fount of Bacchus.