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POETRY.
MuTHRit OF iVAaHRSviTulS.
{.The following beautiful lir.cti were written by Mrs.
" Sigourney, a few years since, while on a visit to Fred
ericksburg.]
Mother of him whose godlike fame
Tnc Good throughout die wo«ld revere,
Ah! why without a stone or name,
Thus sleep’st tliou unregarded here?
Fair pensive brandies o’er thee wave,
And Nature decks rite chosen dell;
Yet, surely o’er ihy hallowed grave
A Nation's mourfui sighs should swell—
Rome, with a burst of filial pride,
The mother of her Gracchi viewed;
And why should we restrain the tide,
Of reverential gratitude ?
$!ic to sublime V<feimni.i paid,
IJcr tribute of enraptur’d tears,
When the dread Chief that voice obey’d
Which sternly curb’d his infant years.
Thau in the days of Sparta's might,
H-ud’st logit on her illustrious roll
rank’d amid those nvtirons bright,
Who nobly nurs’d the great of soul—
£Vr disciplin’d in Wisdom’s school,
The lofty pupil own’d ihy sway,
And well lnfr'lu he he skill’d to rule,
So early nurtur'd to obey.
. No enervathig arts refin’d, .
To slumber foil’d his heave r.-born irnguf:
Mb weak indulgence warp’d »hy mind,
To cloud a hero’s nn».h
every lamg is necessary, and may, tor any tiring we
K.io*v u> me contrary, be sometimes, and to a cer
ium extent, foreseen even by man in bis present im
perfect state.
This is especially the case as regards approach
ing evil, while prosperity, even when it comes sud
denly, is seldom or never preceded by any presage
of its approach. How are we to account for this?
We may adduce two solutions of the marvel. First:
It is no doubt a wise provision to warn man of evil,
as it is of more importance to him to receive a pre
monition of approaching mischief—than a coming
good. Second: All our powers and faculties are
primarily devoted to our preservation, and are most
violently culled into action, when this is endanger
ed. HenCe even the very instincts of our nature
frequently impart a salutary presentiment indispen
sable to our safety. It i&nipon this principle chief
ly, that we would account tor the presentiment of
evti being so much more prevalent than that of
good, which requires no harbinger to prepare us for
its approach. And tor the very same reason, that
we have sometimes a general and an indefinite pre
sentiment of coming evil, which is frequently com
plex in its character, we may have a distinct pres-
sage of the approach of death, life most awful event
- which we are called upon to meet in this present
state of our mortal being.
It is i well authenticated fact, that many, men dis
tinguished tor great personal bravery, & in the most
appalling forms, have on the eve of battle, been o-
verwhelmed with a fated presentiment that they
should not survive the comuat; and that, in no in
stance, so far as we have been able to ascertain,
has this presentiment proved false. The self-doom-
municated to us these particulars, “shall I forge|Hfie
impression made upon ui> mind by hearing Mjjc-
kay’s full and deep-toned voice pealing forth ‘Scots,
careless hustle of a camp, or ute needless hum ami
popularity of the busy world; hut in the silent ami
secluded glen, the gloomy grove, or the pine-clad
<vha hae wi’ Wallace bled,’ under the destructive hnountain. To a soldier on the eve of battle, it is
diagonal fire from the enemy’s artillery on tlie possible that a sad forboding lor the fortune of the
re the village of St. Boes. A soldier; morrow may find ready access to tile heart. The
effect of sucli an incident
heights above
only knows the thriilin^
at such a moment!”
Yet this singular man was seized with-one of
thp.se fatal presentiments of which we have been
speaking. On the eve of the battle ofToulouse,
he suddenly became thoughtful and silent. His
previous character rendered this alteration more ap
parent, and Ids comrades eagerly crowded round
him to require the reason, being at first inclined to
jibe him with what they filled his “Methodist face”
but, on observing his dejected look, the wild and
unearthly expression of his eye* and the determin
ed obstinacy with which he resisted all solicitations
to join their party as usual, they stared at each oth
er with astonishment, and ceased to annoy him.
It was his turn to go on duty to the outpost, and
hr, consequently, soon left them On his way to
his post, lie met a young officer, who had shown
him much kindness, and whose life he had been
chiefly instrumental in saving. “Ha, Mackay!”
said the'officer, “Is it you? Bless me. how ill you
look! What’s the matter? Are you unwell? Stay—
I will go to the Colonel, an<T request him to let some
one else take your duty.” “I thank you kindly, Mr
M.” said Mackay, respectfully saluting the officer.
“I am not umvell, and had rather go myself. But
I have a favor to ask of you. You have always
been kind—very kind to me, and I am sure you will
not refuse it.” “What is it? Speak it out at once,
ed victim has in every case fallen as he predited.— | man,” said Mr. M. “It is frorne in upon my mind
The following example, for the authenticity of which | that I shall fall to-morrow,’’rejoined Mackay: “here
we will vouch, are strikingly corroborative cf the ' are ten dollars: will vo * take charge of them, and
fact in question:— send them to mv mother? You know where she
A young officer, of great promise, belonging to lives; and—and—if it was not too much trouble,
the 92nd Regiment was observed on the day lie- sir,” he added, his voice laultering, “vou might tell
fore the battle i.f'Corunna, to he particularly low her, if you should see her, poor old woman! that
spirited, which was the more observable, as lie was her son—devil as he fr a been—has never ceased,
generally gay, cheerful, and full of spirits. Hisbro- day nor night, to beg Heaven’s blessing on her
ther officer^ enquired the reason—rallied him, as head, or to blame himself with leaving her solitary
brother officers wont to do—but received no answer* ay. 1 destitute.”
On getting an opportunity, however, of conver- The veteran wept like a child; and the young
sing alone with one of them, to whom lie was much officer was scarcely less affixed. Taking the mo-
attached, as he was a namesake, and a fellow- ney, he broke away from Mackay in order to con-
countryman—“M.” said he, “ I shall not survive ceal his emotion; :u.d ;ie retired to his quarters, op-
to-morrow, I know I shall not, and you will see it. pressed with the melancholy feelings which this
His friend tried to laugh him out of this notion; strange scene had occasioned; but anxious, at the
and said it was childish, and unworthy of a man, same time to persuade himself that it was a mere
who had so often and so heroically faced the enemy,, hallucination of fancy, and that’the poor fellow’s
to harbor such dismal foreboding. The next day j mind was touched. 6n the succeeding dav, how-
after the heat of the action, the two young men | ever, when the remains of the regiment were mus-
met by accident; and he who the day before derid-j tered, Mackay was missing: hut the tears of his
ed the gloomy imagination of his friend, accosted surviving comrades sufficiently indicated the ful-
pam of light.
r)fT l ;V*TiSt,
•y I tuny,
?i!V, when upon they sice 1 1
The Saviour el'his Count
Vf hen his soft i’p to thine v. as prest,
Wooing the a.verfrs from thy tonyuc—.
*f.avM thou, prescient, o’er his brow
Tiic shadowy wreaths of laurel start 7
Or, warn Isis infant hands were taught
By thee in simple prayer to rise—
£ iv, were thvown devotions fraught,
With heightened incense for the skies'?
"Well may that realm, ronf.d’P.y rest,
Heroes end rmyhi.y chiefs to see,
Who linds its infant offspring blest,
With m ei'.toi's and guides like thee,.
Some future aye, then ours most, just,
With his shall blend thy honor’d name.
And roar, exulting o’er thv dust
The monument of deathless fame—
Shall thither bid voting mothers wend,
To bless thy spirit ns they rove,
And learn, while o’er thy tomb they land,
For I leaven *o tram the babes frier love.
MISCELLANY.
[FROM FRAZEN S MAGAZINE.]
FATAL PRESENTIMENTS.
u ’Tin the sunset of hfe teaches mystical lo
And coining events casts their shadows before.”
^ CV;ti ,'heU.
Every thing relating to futurity is powerful inter-
■fleting. The solemn obscurity of the dark and
mysterious Future inevitably induces the mind to
«omfemp!ate, with awfr
or cv
urn with—“WhatM! I thought you were to have
I been killed:—did I not sav you should not?” His
1 friends replied , that nothing could convince him that
j lie should ever see the sun of that, day set; and,
t strange as it may seem, the words had hardly es
caped from his lips, when he was struck in the
breast, by a cannon shot, which instantly deprived
him of existence.
There are few regiments that have not some an
ecdotes of this sort to record. We shall men
tion one or two more, which have been communi
cated to us by officers of great respectability, as
having passed under their.ovvn personal observation.
Lieutenant M I)., of the 43d, was so strongly
possessed with tins presentiment on the eve of one
of the battles in the Peninsula, that he sent for
Captain S., of the the SStii, who was a countryman
of his, and requested him to take charge of several
little things, and to transmit them safely to his re
lations, particularly to his mother. Captain 8.
in surprise, asked him the reason why he (who was
in perfect health) should think of making such ar
rangements? M’D. replied, “ I know I am in per
fect health; and I know also, that I shall never re
turn from the field to-morrow.” Knowing M’D.
to tie a particularly hiave man, (or he had already
repeatedly distinguished himself, and never having
heard him express himself in such terms before,
Captain S. was lost in astonisliment, and his first
impression was, that his poor friend was suffering
from the delirium of fever. He, therefore, proceed
ed to remonstrate vyifh him and to endeavor if pos
sible, to rally him out of that desponding presenti
ment, which appeared to elfect him so seriously.
M’D. heard him calmly, and, without taking any
fitment of his presentiment. He had fallen late in
the action, beside one of the redoubts, pierced with
more than twentv-hullcts.
The last instance of this kind, which we shall
mention, is one that will probably make a greater
impression than any of the preceding, as it relates
to individuals of great historical importance. Na
poleon, on Ihe 7th of May, 1796, had surprised the
passage of the Po at Piacenza, while Beaulieu was
expecting him at Valeggio, and General Laharpe,
commanding the grenadiers of advanced guard,
fixed his head-quarters at Emetri, between Fkrni-
bio and the Po. During the night, Li play’s Aus
trian division arrived at Fiombio, which is only one
league from the river; and having embattled the
houses and steeples, filled them with troops. As
the position was strong, and Laptay might receive
reinforcements, it became of the utmost importance
to dislodge him, and this, after an obstinate con
test, was effected.^ Laharpe then executed a re
trograde movement to cover the roads leading to
Pivia and Lodi. In the course of the nfoht, a rc«ri-
merit ot tue enemy s cavalry appeared at his out
posts, an<l created considerable alarm, but, after a
sliirht resistance, retired. Nevertheless, Laharpe,
followed by a picquet aiyl several officers, went for
ward to reconnoitre, and particularly to interrogate
in person tit*’, inhabitants of the farm-houses on the
road. Unfortunately, however, he returned to the
camp by a different route to that by which he had
been.observed to set out; am! the troops being on
the watch and mistaking the reconnoitring warty
ready
bravest man may wish k> live, if not for himself j at
least for his wife and little ones, his parents, or his
kindred. And the fond remembrance of these,
rusfiing wild all |fre force of separated affection in
to his bosom, may conjure up tlDse feelings of des
pondency, which, in their extreme intensity, may
constitute these latal presentiments. But this can
not l>e said of those, who, pursuing their calm, se
questered path, on the wide road of human life,
scarcely ew vary the events of their existence,
and rarely quit the secluded s]K>t which gave them
birth. And that such persons are subjected to the
occurrence of fatal presentiments, is too well known
to need illustration here.
Supposing, then, that the occurrence of fatal pre
sentiments be firmly established, is it possible, con
sistently with any ljiiown principle of trie human
mind, to offer any satisfactory explanation of lliis
strange and mysterious phenominon? It is obvious,
from the preceding anecdotes, that this “fatal {ire-
sentiment” cannot he considered as a mental hallu-
: A ioi.nu *as i..t .asfi Spot*winch snoinu iiuve
thought offer its erection.
Many is the insult which has been washed out,
forgiven; or forgotten, on that ground. There hot
blood has been cooled, sometimes with lead, and
sometimes witfe apprehension. There youth has
shown its madness, and there wisdom has sacrific
ed to folly, there genius has substituted the sword
lor the pen; there the lqver has exposed his heart
to a weapon more dangerous than Cupid’s, aim for
once pleased his mistress# by consenting to he kill
ed; there walking hour-glasses have gone to have
their sands hastened, or at least sadly shaken, by
an exchange of shots; there cowards have trembled*
before each other, like two aspen ieuws, an<i f ere
tools and madmen, of all grades, have gone U l t,
because they had not courage to let it alone.
What a pity that the name of Hamilton .should bv
found in such connexion 1
[A'cio York Constellation.
HENRY BROUGHAM. ESQ. M. P. F. R. ft
| Tins gentleman was born about the year 1773.
j He has been more than twenty years at the . ar,
(and has sit in Parliament thirteen years. Though
descended from the eminent family of Brougham,
in Westmorland# and heir to that title, he hapfen-
ed to be horn and educated in Edinburg: in die
dilation, engendered by cowardice or fear, as in all!
the instances adduced, the individuals have been L .... , , . „
remarkable for their courage, firmness, and intre- j ^ ouso ^ Ins maternal gianumoiher, a ^cottishc.er-
piditv. It is curious, too, that the most .striking! s v ulow arid sister to Dr. Robertson, the
concomitant of this prophetic anticipation of death, j celebrated historian. In the year 1800 he was cal-
is the strong and overwhelming conviction of its po- cc to the Scottish bar; hut tuat scene he. happily
diest and most energetic ora tore,
the northern circuit with the silk
sitive realization.
It may be urged, that a person thus fatally pos
sessed, may become so cateless of existence, as,
thereby, to insure his destruction. ' Be it so: hut,
we ask, ivhat originally induces the presentiment?
Soldiers, anti particularly veteran soldiers, familiar
with danger and death, are not generally liable to
be troubled with hypochondriac feelings, or with
phantoms of visionary terrior. The evils to which
they are exposed, are physical, not mental: their
life has too much of stern realitv in it to be embit
tered, or disordered bv the fanciful phantasmagoria
of the brain: food anil rest after fatigue, and, after
battle, victory and glory, are comiqonly the prime
objects with which they concern themselves. It is,
therefore, highly improbable that such gloomy fore
bodings as those which we have narrated, should,
m the first instance, be occasioned by any distem
pered a flection of the mind; and it, is no less impro
bable that the constant fulfilment of the prediction
should he a mere accidental coincidence.
Upon what principle, then are we to accountTor
tne appalling certainty of approaching death thus
irresistably “borne in”—(to use poor Mackav’s
words) upon the mind? By what secret intervention
;s it t hus, m some instances, assured of the near ap-
, roach ofan event, which fo the vast majority of men:
“clouds and shadows iest upon,” till the fatal mo
ment when it is revealed? Whence, too, the over
whelming conviction with which it is accompanied?
We confess we cannot tell: but we believe the fact,
because the moral evidence in its favor is irresisti
ble. The physiology of the mind is a subject, of
which we must ever remain in total ignorance.
Spurzheim may unravel all the perplexing convolu
tions of the brain—he may discover new organs,
new passions, and new combinations, he may in
snort, exert all that ingenuity, lor which he is
so renowned; but he gains nothing by the efr
tort, but our admiration for his anatomical skill
and dexterity. The mind may have latent pow
ers, which can only lie called into action by
a particular combination of circumstances; winch . ... ^
combination may he of rare occurrence, and be- j l >or can obtain, that every exertion of Mr. Brovgh-
yond the reach of our inquiries, when it does Lap- ! aT P ail a ^ vanCe of reputation, an additional proof
pen. Many of the lower animals are gifted with a j k ,s powers, a fresh laurel lor lus brow. Both
soon abandoned, and entered upon the more auspi
cious theatre of English law and eloquence. The
foundation of his lame was literature. He early
distinguished himself both hv Ins essays in the Ed
inburgh Review, and by separate publications in
his own name. His “Inquiry into the Colonial I'o-
I icy of the European Powers," gave proof a I once of
talentand inibition, of politico I observation & states
manlike views. When, in 1808, he appeared at.
the bar of the House of Commons as counsel against
the orders in council# his name attracted eager
crowds, and his eloquence equalled the partial ex
pectations which had preceded him. He soon he^
came distinguished in Parliament, as one of the rea*
In 1820, he went
gown, as the
Queen’s Attorney General. In the ensuing year,
on account of the death of the Queen, lie was ob
liged to return to the stuff ropes of a junior barris
ter; yet his business kept increasing. The duties
which lie had to perform in the House of Peer.*, in
1820, as attorney general for the late queen, were
incentrovertihly the most arduous undertaken by
counsel, and certainly greater energy, promptiti.de
and felicity were never displayed by man.
His peroration was admitted h v all judges, of what
ever party# to have been eminently elaborated and
powerful.
Mr. Brougham is decidedly a man of genius.—
He grasps strongly whatever he seizes upon, illus
trates it fluently and forcibly, and conveys his own
impressions to others with great address and im
posing eloquence. But he has proved his sound
judgment and enlightened ambition, by never at
tempting any public effort in mere reliance upon
spontaneous ingenuity or rhetorical skill. Knowl
edge is the foundation of his success in the Senate.
His attainments are various and profound, in strict
science and elegant letters, in ancient ami modern
languages, in popular discourses and in legai subtle
ties. His, application# too# when any particular
question is to he discussed# is close, comprehensive,
exhausting—hence the proud result which only la-
tfrein by nature for their preservation. j tremely powerful, and capable of the most solcmft
Man, in general, is placed in a less enviable situ- ! an “ pathetic modulation. His style derives n uclf
ation; because he has reason, instead of instinct, j ? rave authority from the use of antiquated, l ur apt
tor las guide. Yet it has been believed, in all ages, j ariv ? eioquent phraseology. But the most tlistin-
[ that men have been, occasionally, forewarned of j gin^hed aiinnuteof Mr., Brougnaw. iS'his terr.fri
1 their aporoactiing dissolution, and that “sounds by; sarcastic invective. I he individual once
| no mortals made,” are intelligible to “death’s pro- i selected for his visitation, runs; ever bear the n.aras'
phelic ear/’ This belief, probably, originated in j 01 its powers#
lhr a detachment of the enemy, opened a brisk fire j the observation of facts similar to those we have j eu ‘
of musketry, and Laharpe fell dead, pierced by the been mentioning; hut how, at the “sunset of life,
_ _ bullets of his own soldiers, by ichom he was dear- j coming events cast their shadow before#” is a mys-
ul anxiety, that state of good notice ot what he said, repeated his request in so j lv beloved. It was --“narked that, during the ,ac-j uny too abstruse for our mundane faculties. It is
to which we all must come; and, as death is i ant ^ collected a manner, as to leave no doubt j tion of Fiombio, throughout ihe evenoig pruct-dine-1 equally imjiossible, we suspect, even to conjecture,
common to every one, so are its pressures eagerly j t,iat ,ie AVas iu the h'll and perfect possession of all j his death, Laharpe seemed very absent and dejec.- j with any degree of plausibility, whether these pre-
Veceived and bv many implicitly credited. llls faculties. Captain 8.,therefore, readily promis- ted; giving no orders—appearing, as it were, dr- j monitions result from any internal consciousness, or
’ • - • * ed to comply with his wishes, should he -himself; prived of his usual energies, and entirely absorbed external agency;—from some latent power of the
survive; they then separated, and each went to his hy*a fatal presentiment. La bane was one of the
post. : bravest generals in the army of Italy—a grenadier
On the fallowing day, after the tumult and melee 1 both in stature and courage; and although by birth
of the battle-had subsided, the British being, as j a foreigner (a Swiss,) he had raised himself to the
usual, victorious; a number of the officers met to rank of a general by his mere talent and bravery,
congratulate one another on their safety. When) An anecdote, somewhat hearing upon the point,
like yonder o;tk by lightning riv-
In Scotland, the Bodaefi Glass announces the
termination of human life to the appalled and trem
bling persons; in Wales, the Caywylley Cyrph, or
Corpse Candle, indicates the same doom, &. blanch
es the bravest brow; in Ireland, the Death Fetch
Jtas the same ominous power; while in England, the
harsh ticking Death-watch points with equal cer
The human mind is a strange machine, and when e<1 »l*> a muid, and, without saying a word he j saco, the troops, ignorant of the enemy s proxuni
excited by intense anxiety, and wound up to the j ««*»"% returned to tne field to search for hun ; ty, and fatigued with their day s march, had lain
highest pitch by despair and fear, it is no hard mat- ' amon g t!lP wounded—the dead—and the dying, uown on the summit ofthe ridge to take a little rest;
teF to conjure up those “signs and tokens,” which 1 * or <hd Search in vain. He found him, already and both men and officers were soon fast asleep.
a
Hons
zing
tom*
eet; and Hop**,
“Which draws towards itself
The dame with which it. kindles,”
ture a fate.
The same tiling happened in the case of Ser
geant Ma • lonald, from Lochabar, as brave a fel-
D., I have just had a most extraordiny dream;
such as I had once before, the night before an nn-
mmd suddenly called into action, or from the imme
diate influence, of that Mighty Being, of whom it
is only an emanation. Be this as it may, we have
add iced a sufficient number of proofs to answer all
the purposes of our argument
ing readers reflecting on a
most interesting importance.
The E VENING AFTER BaTTLE. At the close of
a day of oppressive heat in viie city, how, refr esh
ing to walk.in the country, and while fanned by ihc
cool air of the evening, to feel the caimness, and pw-
rity, and loveliness of nature! At such an hour,-
thoughts crowd in upon the mind, which no lan
guage can express, hut which seem the revelation
of some spirit, gently persuading us away front tins
scene ofhuman passion and guilt, that we may
hold communication with Him who sheds over ail
:; and to set ouj- think- j His works, the unvarying light and sweet serenity
subject, of great, and of His benevolence. As we in
Duelling Ground.—Among the crowds of per
sons who cross to Hoboken, in the summer season,
a great many are strangers, who have never seen
tiie “Duelling Ground, and who feel an anxiety to
visit pfre spot where Hamilton fell. That spot’ how
ever, is not, as strangers generally suppose, at Ho
boken, hut in a secluded situation, some three miles
further up the Hudson, called Weehawken.
The Duelling Ground is close to the bank ofthe
river, and of very difficult access by land—the ap
proach being down a steep craggy hill, of almost
mused, in a lecenf.
walk, while twilight lingered behind the monarch of
day, like affection longing to follow the glorious
dead,-—and the moon walked forth in her bright
ness, like some sweet spirit that comfortetli the
mourner,—and the stars, one by one, looked genN
ly down to soothe the heart of sorrow; how, we ex
claimed, does Nature reprove the pride, the restles*F
ness, the ambition and cruelty of man. How could
Napoleon go forth in solitude at evening, after one
ofhismost, terrible and destructive battles, and lift
up his eyes towards the pure, and holy, and beau
tiful Heavens? How does nature, in her saint-like
majesty# reprove the man of ambition and blood?
perpendicular descent, and so absolutely danger- j Even in the day-time, let him walk abroad into the
ous, that a man having any regard for his neck j fields or the forests, and a thousand voices will re-
frequently put to flight by a sound, which at anv geant Ma • lonald, from Lochabar, as brave a tel- expected battle. Depend u{>on it, we shall he at-1 would not go that way to he shot. The space is ] prove him. The birds of heaven, the waving bar-
other time would not be noticed. But it has been low as ever drew sword, or carried a halbert, and! tacked very soon.” The young man immediately too small and too uneven for ih J combatants to i vest, the refreshing streams, will teach him that
amended, and by persons of no mean understand- , who had been in ten or twelve general engagements,} went forward; and, after looking between him and j make any great display—to march wheel and flour- j his soul is not in harmony with nature. But in the
ing, that Fatal Presentiments are conveyed to the . in each of which he had distinguished himself. On j the horizon,and listening attentively to every sound j ish in martial style and tiie dueltsts having taken j evening, he will feel himself addressed as by a pro-
'' ‘ i. i . *i ‘ thpir distance merely turn on their heel, and fire as ' phetic voice;—the moon, the stars, the solegm night,
tnc fatal word is given. j will whisper wisdom, and in their silence speak re-
A little on one side of this spaa*, and out of the • proof, more awful than the thunder which rriakSS
natural range of the snots, stands a tree, in which ^the mountains tremble.—American Spectator.
are shown sundry bullet holes, which bear witness’ 1
either to the shaking hands o> relenting hearts—to
mind hv me;
means, if not supernatural, at all events)one occasion, however, he was so ovenvhelmedjandmurmurwaftedonthenighthreeze,heretum-
xnvsterious and wonderful; and numerous examples, 1 with this presentiment ot death, that, rb the day; ed, and reported that all was still. The Colonel
- - rderi 1 ' t ~ ~ J ’ J —a *i— —~ '-- J 1 ' ’ —
■OS WO shall presently see, have been adduced, in i of battle, when his regiment was ordWed to ad- ! was satisfied, and they again laid dotyn. In less
proof of' the unerring certainty of the warning, as vunce, his limbs refused their office, and his com- than half an hour, however, the Colonel again
well as of its mysterious occurrences. Lord Roch- rades had literally to supjtort, and assist (fie man,. started up, exclaiming in strong language, that, ere
«vfrer—a strange hut not a despicable authority— to whom they had been accustomed to look up as ' an hour elapsed, they should surely be attacked!—
bilged an impression, that the soul, either by a an example and model of a brave soldier. The hat- j On seeing the Colonel and his voung friend throw
tie had not lasted hail' an iiour, before he was shot ! aside their cloaks, and move oft, several of the of-
throughthe head. I fleers by *them took the alarm. And it was high
A private of the name of Mackay, a man of the time; fbi, on examination, it was found that theen-
most reckless and dare-devil character, used to be
indulged an impression
patural sagacity or some secret notice communica
ted to it, had a sort of divination by which these
presages were engendered; while many of the an-
oient philosophers believed t hat the mind was endow-
A Preventive of Fever.—The.best commefc-
ed, to a certain extent, with a power of prescience j the delight of the bivouacs, of tiie 43d, during the
totally distinct from, and independent of, that con
jectural sagacity in regard to the future, which is
derived from enlarged and comprehensive experi
ence of the past. This was the opinion entertain
ed by Cicero; and in short, it is a tenet which has
been common to men in all ages, embodied in their
popular poetry and traditions, and disputed only in
ages of sceptical refinement; and if we admit that
eyer> r action and every event occur * n conformity
to general laws; in other words, fliat there is no
such thing as contingency either in human actions,
or the course of events, but that each must be de-
terpiined by an adequate notice or cause—there
fleems nothing repugnant to reason, or inconsistent
with the known operation of the mind, in admit
ting the possible existence of such a faculty, though,
for wise purposes, its ope ration is confined within
narrow limits, and we are kept in salutary igno
rance. #f futarity.—If there be- nt owtingejooy,
Peninsular war. He had a great deal of that
coarse hut effective wit and drollery, which never
fail to excite laughter; he abounded in anecdotes
and stories, which he told with a remarkable de
gree of naivette and humor; and often did he be
guile the watches of the night, as poor Alan did
with Mungo Park, by singing the songs of his dear
native land. The instant Mackay appeared, hun
ger, thirst, and fatigue were forgotten; the soldiers
clustered round him, and seating themselves by the
watch-fire, thought only of fistenmg to the joke,
the tale, or the song. Even sohie of the officers
did not disdain to mingle in these parties, and to
acknowledge the rough hut powerful fascination
which huncr on the lips of this unlettered soldier.
No? were his humor, mirth and song, confined io
the march and the carhp; in the tluckest of the en
emy’s fire, he was as merry and as vivacious as in
the Mvmac! “Notcf,” said the offices, who ooco-
the cowardice or magnanimity of some ofthe duel-
lists; while the surroundingrocks are inscribed with tary we can offer on the murderous practice, still
the names and initials of many a visiter, who is con-j too general in sickly districts, of the inhabitants
tent with a less dangerous immortality,than is to lie j using daily their bitters, viz: spirituous tinctures
einv’s columns of attack were ascendingthe heights, j puschased with the use of cold lead. Those who j and infusions of vegetable hitter and asiringeitt
with the utmost secrecy and expedition. Some of go there to be shot, escape the dangers of the cliff,! substances, with the hope of warding off fever, Ip
them had then reached the summit, and deployed
into line; before the British were ready to attack
them. They were immediately charged, broken,
and driven down the declivity with great loss. It is
remarkable that the same gallant officer, now a
general, had a similar dream in Egypt, on the morn
ing of the 21st of March, before the British posi
tion was attacked by the French, under cover of
the darkness. The circumstance is certainly curi
ous, although not exactly connected with the im
mediate subject of the present article.
The examples which we have hitherto adduced,
are exclusively referable to incidents of a military
character; but many of our readers, who reside in the
secluded districts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, or
even of more civilized England, will find no dif
ficulty to charge their memory with abundant proof
of the realizations of the gloomy forebffi ngs of
these fetal {veeentiaKtotst oot peepring ftoudgt the
by landing directly on the spot from their boats. J lor us to lay before our readers the following from
Strangers who feel a curiosity to see Hamilton’s a highly respectable source. The author is epeaki-
monument, are disappointed, for that is no longer f ing of I Re malaria fever in the (fountry around
there. It was removed, because it was believed to i Rome—diseases simila^to our bilious remittent fe-
have a bad moral efiect, by encouraging others to j vers. *
go and expose their lives on the s]X)t where so dis- j Pucinotti attributes the severity of the Rom ah
tinguished a man had fallen. Instead of serving as i fevers in many cases to the use ofthe bark, spirits,
a beacon to warn others away, it would be taken: and other, stimulants, which are by some used as
as an excuse or justification for engaging in the j preventives; and he relates the case of an old man,
same mad conflict—in fact, as a sort of lure to du- j who had come from Romagna every second year,
elling. Hence those who never did a worthy ac- j to labor during the harvest, in the Campaign of
tion, who were incapable of imitating Hamilton, in i Rome, who never had the fever, &. his beverage in
any of his great or good qualities, would take a j the morning, and through the day, teas cold water
foolish pride in following his only bad example, and I with a little lemcn juice. This practice, his father
shedding their blood at the foot of his mohument. had adopted before him, with the same success:
The fame of that great man requires no memorial! but his two sons, who would use spirit (brandy,)
of stone; no inscription in marble, the hearts of his and even mixed with it at one time gunpowder, and
countrymen retain the impression of his deeds.,. at another time cayenne pepper t both lei trisliBW th
But if a monument were necessary, the Duelling ■ the fever.—Jotrmsd effieafch.