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. POETRY.
From the H chon y
A 2YEWSOBTG TO A\ OLOTnfK.
Jimmy Wayne and F<r•; th Lav ft Inn I 'J v ' : * se »
Wii • .
Black spirits and prey, red v- and t>lu ? •
Are call’d to their standard, r . r °* ‘ IT,G *
Huzza ! for the rally, huzza ! for the ihror.p.
Huzza ! lor the change a that make ’em so strong.
The beer barrel works, that v.‘n? Jitew I i:i Convcjilion ,
If a hoop or two*? .s V.s? not worthy the mention ;
High pressure we know is the thing aganst stream,
A„J when_the muj j%*c Ats fill.
At evilje, lo! tfis great chess-board was spread,
Rnoks, and knights, kin.rs anj 4.1 'ns. white anj red;
The players were keen, and the stakes too were deep ;
And they thought they ha 1 cuughl Georgia’s weasel asleep.
Huzza ! for check-maters ; huzzi! for the hold,
Huzza ! for the shepherds that till up their fold.
Amalgams and solvents, thev ’.now how. to use ;
Nor pebbles nor brii k-hn’s ? i -'i builders refuse ;
Mere rubbish will answer to All up tilt clunks’;
With bladders and corks what-swimmer e’er sinks ?
Huzza 1 fur the builders ; hu,/a 1 for the Imuso ;
Huzza 1 tor the CJicese3 that fatten the mouse.
Old Anthony Havre, was granny o nee call’d—
Caesarian ohsteiricks pray don’iTie-appaU’d—
On old mother Britain, aol ved him the name ;
His namesake the * President merits the same..
Huzza 1 for the granny, huzza ! for the'birth,
Huzza ! tor the greetings, th’c hopes and the mirth!
But the process Ctrsarian he did not employ I
Just arranged into light the political boy ;
This great Tertium Quid, quite a giant When born
Shall nullify nnllics flnugh Troupers to scorn.
( Huzza ! tor the Titans ; huzza ! tor their fetes ;
II uzza ! for the tatoo, that to rendtivous beats'
Charles’s wain, "motig the stars is conspicuous above.
A wain of IrCsh hay, suits a Kentucky drove,
The htf oon'z Watte and Love’s, suits James'case well,
For W ayneiug he W aynes how fast time will tell. „
Huzza! for the . anc offtty song to. its close
lluzza !*for staunch friends, and tJT undisguied toes.
*Not of the IT.l T . S. but of the Convention.
TTSSSI S^OW-FfuAKK.
,‘qNow, if 1 fall, will it he my lot
To be cast in some lone, and lovely spot,
To melt, and to sink, unseen, or forgot!
And there will tny course he ended?”
'Twas this, a feathery .Snow -Flake said,
As down through measureless spaced! strayed,.
t)r, as half by dalliance, half array’d,
In mid air it seemed suspended.
“Oh! no,” saill the Earth, “thou slialt not lie
Neglected and lone on my lap to die,
Thou pure and dalec itc child of die sky !
For thou wilt be safe in my keeping.
But tlien 1 must give then a lovelier form—
Thou wilt not be part of the wintry storm,
But revive, when the sunbeams are yellow and warm,
And the flowers from thy bosom are peeping!
“And then thou shall have rhy choice, (oho
Restored inthe lily that decks the lea,
In the jessamine-bloom, the annemone,
Or aught of thy spotless whiteness :
To malt, and be cast in a glittering bead,
With the pearls, that the night scatters over the mend,
Iu the cup where tliebeo and the fire-fly feed,
Regaining thy dazzling brightness ”
“Then 1 will drop,” said the (rusting Flake ;
“But bear in mind, that the choice I make
Is not iu the flowers, nor tli3 dew to wake;
Nor the mist that shall pass with the morning.
For, things of thyself, they expire With thee;
But those that are lent from on high, tike me,
They rise and will live, from the dust set tree,
To the regions abovo returning ”
mhcelLa.heoi
E SC 21LUARD TABLE.
UY Jt’DOS TTAIL.
Oil one of those clear nights in December, when the
tcloutllcss blue sky is studded witii millions of brilliant
luminaries, shining with more than ordinary lustre, a
young gentleman was seen rapidly pacing one of the
principal streets of Pittsburg. Had ho been a lover of
nature, the beauty of the heavens must have attracted
liis observation; but he was too much wrapt up in his
thoughts—or in his cloak—to throw a single glance to
wards the silent orbs, that glowed so bcautiously iu the
firmament. A piercing wind swept through the streets,
moanitigand sighing, as if it felt the pain that it inflict
ed. The intense coldness of the weather had driven
the usual loiterers of the night from their accustomed
lounging places. Every door and shutter was dosed
against the common enemy, save where the
“Blue spirit and red,
Black spirit and grey,”
•which adorn the shelves of the druggist, mingled their
hues with the shadows of the night; or where the win
dows of the confectioner, redolent of light, and fruit,
and sugar plumbs,shed its refulgence upon the half pet
rified wanderer. The streets were forsaken, except bv‘
n fearless, or nrcoooltwo f->y, who glided rapidly and"
silently along, as the sceptres of the nignt. Aught else
than love or murder would scarcely have ventured to
stalk abroad on such a night; and yet it would be hard
ly fair to set down the few, unfortunate stragglers, who
faced the blast on this eventful evening, as lovers or as
sassins. Pleasure sends forth her thousands, and neces
sity her millions, into all the dangers and troubles of
this boisterous world.
On reaching the outlet of an obscure alley, the young
gentleman paused, cast a suspicious glance around, as if
fearful of observation, and then daitcd into the gloomy
passage. ' A few rapid steps brought him to the front of
a wretched frame building, apparently untenunted, or*
occupied only as a ware-hoUsc, through whose broken
panes the wind whistled, while the locked doors seemed
to bid defiance to any ingress, but that of the piercing
element. It was in truth a lonely hack building, in the
heart of the town; but so concealed bv the surrounding
houses, that it might as well have been in the si lor. t bo
som of the forest. A narrow flight of stairs, ascending
the outside of iheedifico, led to an upper s’orv. As
cending these, th youth, opening the door with the fa
miliarity of an accustomed visiter, emerged from the
gloom of the night, into the light and life of the billiard
room.
It was a large apartment indifferently lirflitoil,*and
meanly furnished. In the centre stoo l the billiard table,
whose allurements had enticed so many on the evening
to forsake the quiet and virtuous comforts of social life,
aad to brave the biting blast, and the not lvs “ pitiless
pci tings” of parental or conjugal admonition. Its po
lished mahogony frame, mid neatly bruised cover of;
green cloth, its silken pockets, and party-coloured ivory
balls, presented a striking contrast to the rude negli
gence of the rest of the furniture ; while a large canopy,
suspended over the table, and intended to collect anti re
fract the rays of a number of well trimmed lamps which
hung within tho circumference, stud an ' .tense bril
liance over that little spot, and threw a corresponding
gloom upon the surrounding scene. ln<|, „d,if that guv
-altar of dissipation had b< n withdrawn, the tempi)’ol
pearance ol the house of inmitnnfg. •*-- ao-
The stained and dirty lloor was strewed with frarr.
ments of sugar;, play-bills and nut-shells; the wails
blackened with smoke, seemed to have witnessed the or I
gies of many a midnight revel. A few candle# des"
lined to illumine the distant recess of the room.’ hum. :
neglected against the walls—lowering tl.eir lone- vvicks"
and marking their stations by streams of tallow, which 1
had been antlered to accumulate tluoo., 1 .....
winter night. Tho ceiling was hung with cobwebs, cu
riously intermingled with dense clouds of tobacco smote
and tinged hv the straggling rays of light, which occa
sional!) shot from the sickly tapers. A set of benches,
attached to th walls, and raised sufficiently high to over
look the table, accom; nodal < and the loungers, who were
net engaged at play, and who sat or reclined —solemnly
puffing their sugars, idly sipping their brandy and water
or industriously counting the chances ot the. game;
but ail observing a profound silence, which would have
and vie honor to a tnrbartd divan, and was well suite,! to
to of tbenr . I ‘ ll,!p
oter sos gaver-pints 1 ughed and chatted aside, or
; .--a.y'r. •/li(ikS r i 1 ,i r v ! 7l : ft' ; diffijtllli I i<» a aYf but
:he parties engaged ; while the marker announced the
-r ite of 1 lie game, trimmed die lamps, and supplied re
' fresbments to the guests.
Mr. St. Glair, the gentleman whom we have taken the
liberty of tracing <0 this varied scene, was cordially
greeted on his entrance by the party* at the table, who
had be n denouncing liio adverse" elements which*had
caused the absence of several of their choicest spirits.
Tiie game at which they were then playing being one
which admitted of an iudcflimlc number-pf players, St.
Clair was readily permitted to take bail; and engaging
with ardor in the fascinating amusement, was soon lost
to all that occurred beyond the little circle of its witchc- \
ry. ~
The intense coldness of tlio night was so severely felt
in the badlv wanned apartment which we hare attempt
ed to describe, that the party broke 1 up earlier than usu
al. One by one they .dropped off, until St. Clair and
anotherof the players were left alone. These being
both skilful, engaged eaeliotlier single handed,’and be
came so and—• 'v interc stod, as scarcely to observe the de
■ .. . ..... until they found the room
entirely deserted. The night was far spent. The mar
ker, whoso services were no longer required,’was nod
ding over the grate ; the candles were wasting in their
sockets, and although a steady brilliance still fell upon
the table, the back ground was as dark as it was soli
tary. ,
The most careless observer nvight have remarked the
great disparity of character exhibited in the two players,
who now matched their skill in this graceful and fasci
nating game. St. C'air was a genteel young man, of
about live and twenty. Ills manners had all tin-case of.
one accustomed to the best society ; Ids countenance
was op+’n and prepossessing; his whole demeanor frank
and manly. There was a careless gaiety in his air, hap
i pily blended with an habitual politeness and dignity of
carriage, which-added much to the ordinary graces of
youth and amiability. 11 is features displayed no trace
of thought or genius, for Mr. St. Clair was one ot that
lirge class, w'lio please without design and without ta
lent, and who, by dint of light hearts and graceful cxte ;
riors, thrive better in this world, than those who think
and fee! more acutely. Feeling he had, but it was rath
or amiable than deep; and ins understanding though
solid, was of that plain and"practical kind, which though,
adapted to the ordinary business of life, seldom ex
pands itself, to grasp at any object beyond the narrow
sphere. It was very evident that he had known neither
guile nor sorrow. In this brief journey through life, he
Irul as yet trod only in flowry paths; and having passed
joyously along, was not aware that the snares which
hatch the feet of the unwary, lie ambushed in the sunni
est spots of our existence. He was a man of small for
tune, and was happily married to a lovely young woman,
to whom he was devotedly attached ; and who, when she
bestowed her hand, had given him the entire possession
of a warm and spotless heart. They had lately arrived
at Pittsburg; and being about to settle in some part of
the western country, had determined to spend the ensu
ing spring and summer in this city, where Mrs. Rt. Clair
might enjoy the comforts of good society until her hus
band prepared their future residence for her reception.
His opponen t was some ten years older than himself,
a short, thin, strait man—with a keen eve and sallow
complexion. He was one of those persons who may be
seen in shoals at the taverns and gambling houses of a
large town, nnd-who mingle with better people in stage
coaches and steamboats. He had knocked about the
world, as his own expression was, until, like an old coin
whose original impression had been worn oil’, he had few
marks left by which his birth or country could bo traced.
But like that same coin, the surface only, was altered,
the base metal was unchanged. Ho aped the gentility
which he did not possess, and was ambitious of shining
both in tiroes and manners; but nature, when she placed
him in a low condition, had never iutended lie should
rise above it.
It is-unfortunate for such people, that, like hypocrites
in religion,demagogues in politics, and empires of all
sorts, they always overact their parts, and by an exces
sive zeal betray their ignorance of knavery. Thus the
person in question, by misapplying the language of his
superiors in education, betrayed bis ignorance, and by
goiqg to the extreme«f every fashion, was always too
well dressed for a gentleman. In short, lie was a gant
blet--who ronftred from town to town; preying upon
yotfrig libertines, and old debauchees; and employing
as much ingenuity, in his vocation, as would set up half
a duzenMawyer*, arid - as much industry as would make
U>e lortunes of hallo dozen mechanics.
Such were the players who were left together like the
last champions of a tournament—who after vanquishing
all their competitors, now turned their arms against each
other. For a while they displayed q courtesy, which
seemed to be the effect of a respect for each other’s
skill, (t was natural to St. Glair; in the Gambler it
was assumed. The latter having found the opportunity
he had long eagerly sought, soon began to practice the
arts of hi? profession. The game of billiards, requiring
great precision of eve, and steadiness of hand-, can only
be played by one who is completely master of his tem
per; and the experienced opponent of St. Clair essayed
.to touch a string, on w hich lie had often worked with
success.
‘ You are a married man, I believe V said he.
4 Yes sir,—’
‘ That was a bad play—you Rad nearly missed the
ball.’
You spoke to me just as I was striking,’ said St.
Clair good humored Iy. .
‘■On ! I beg pardon. Where did von learn to play bil
liards!'’
4 in Philadelphia.'
4 Do they understand the game ?’
4 1 have seen some fine players there.’
4 erv bkr !v. But I dpubt whether they play the sci
cr.t •• I, '- . the only place. There
th y got it in style. See timre now ! That was a very
bad play if yours. You played on the wrong ball.’
4 No sir, I was fight.’
‘Pardon me, sir. I profess to understand this game.
There was an ensv canton on the table, when you aimed
to pocket the white ball.’
4 oil are mistaken,’ said St. Clair.
‘ Oil, very well ! 1 meant no offence. Now mark
how l shall count off these balls. Do you sec that?—
There’s play for you ! You say you are a marticd man?’
4 1 said so. What then?’
4 1 thought as much by your plav.’
4 What has that to do with It.’
4 Why, you married men arc accustomed to early
hours, and get sleepy earlier than we do.’
siness!’ ''l I—l anv avail)toms of drovr
‘ol1"» ' I meant no allusion. There’s another bad
pi IV n! yours.
done’’ U W ,il ,iml 1 s,,fl »ciently well, before we are
„ ‘ ‘ ,l ‘ n ?.' l ° u ! ,t ’ 1 ,nuant nothing, you play an elegant
r' ™:, , v' "’ >ou marr,ed man get scared when it
„rows ute. so man can plav billed*, wlitn he is in
a hurry lo go borne. A married gentleman can t help :
thinking of the sour looks, and cross answers, he is apt
to get, when he goes home after midnight.
t I will thank you to make no such allusions to-mo
said St. Clair, 4 1 am neither scared nor sleepy, but able
to beat you as loug as 1 please.”
Oil very well! 1 don’t value myself on my. playirfg.
Shall we double the bet ? and have another bottle ot
wine ?’
4 If you please.’ -
Agreed. Now do your best—or I shall beat you.
Pestered by this impertinence, St. Clair lost several
garni*. His want of sUcm.ss add.-d to his impatience ;
aH 'd his tormentor fcontinm-J la vex him witii tauntingxe
marks until his agitation became uncontrollable. He
doubled, trebled, quadrupled thfe bet lo change his luck,
but in vain. Evarv desperate attempt urged him to
wards his tiin ; and it was happy for him, that his natu
ral good seise enabled him to stop, before Jtis fate was
coiisurnmacd —though not until he.had lost a large sum.
Vexed with hi# had fortune, St. Clair left the house
of dissipatbg, and turned his-reluctant stops towards his
owndwellirg. Ilis slow and thoughtful pace was no.w
far different front the usual lightness of his graceful car
riage, it vrts not, that Re feared the frown of his love
ly wife ; for v> him Iter brow had always been uncloud-•
ed, aud her lipaOiad only affection. She was
one of -those gentle beings, whose sweatness 'with rs
not with the hour op the seirson ; but endures through
all vlcissltifdi s.
It was the recollection of that servant and forbearing
love, that now pressed like a leaden weight lipon the
conscience of the gambler, when he reflected upon the
many little luxuries, and ianocc-nt enjoyments of which
that lovely woman hat? deprived herself, while" he had
squandered vast "sums in selfish dissipation. Having
ucver before lost so much at play, this view of the case
had not occurred to him, and it now came home to his bo
som with fell force—bringing pangs of the keenest sell
reproach, He recalled! the tnanv projects of domestic
comfort they had planned togethor, some of which inust
now be del.rycd by his imprudence. That very evening
they had spoken pf the rural dwelling they intended to
inhabit 5 and Louisa’s taste had suggested a variety ot
improvements, with which it should be embellished.—
When he left her, he promised to return soon ; and now
after a long absence, he came, the messenger-—if not of
ruin—at least of disappointment. The influooco ol
wine, and the agitation of his mind, had wrought up the
usually placid feeling of St. Clair, into a state.Of high
excitement. Ilis imagination wandered to tho past and
to the future ; aad every piptorc, that lie contemplated,
added to his pain.
‘I will goto Louisa,’ said lie, 4 1 will confess" all.—
Late is it is, sho is still watching for me.' Poor girl!
She little thinks, while she has been counting the
vy hours of my absence, 1 have been madly courting
Wretchedness for myselij and preparing the bitter cup
of affliction for her.’
Iu this, frame of mind, he reached his own door, and
lapped gently for. admittance, lie was surprised that
his Summons.was not immediately answered ; for tlie
watchful solicitude of his wife had always kept her froni
retireing in his absence, lie knocked again and again
—and at last, when his patience wqs nearly exhausted,
a slip-shod house-maid came shivering to thc tloor. He
snatched the candle from her ' and, and ascended to his
chamber. It was deserted !
4 Where is Mrs. St. Clair?’ said he to the maicj who
had followed him.
4 Gone’ Gone ? Where ?’
4 Why, sir, she went away with a gentleman.’
‘Away with a gentleman ! Impossible.’
4 Yes, sir, indeed, she went off witii a gectlcman in a
carriage.’
4 When? Wlicrc di^she go?’
4 1 ilont know where she went sir. Sho never int ima
ted a word to me. She started just after you left home.’
4 Did she leave no message ?’
4 No, sir, not any. She was in a great hurry.’
St. Clair motioned the girl to retire, and sunk into a
chair.
“She has left me,” he exclaimed, 44 cruel,-failbless,
Louisa! Never did 1 believe you wmjld have forsaken
me!—No, no,—it can’t he, Louisa eloped ! The kind
est, the sincerist of human beings! Impossible !”
He rose and paced the room —tortured with pangs of
Unutterable anguish. He gazed round the apartment,
and his dwelling onCc so hapny, geeined deSolafc as a
loinb. He murmured the hamaof Louisa, and A thou
sand joys rose to his recollection; Alb—all were blast
ed! For she,'in wlicso love lie bad confided, that pyre,
angelic being, whose very existence seemed to -be* en
twined with his own, had never loved him ! She pre
ferred another ! He endeavoured to calm his passions
and to reason deliberately ; —but in vain. Who could
have reasoned at such a moment ? Ho mechanically
drew out his watch-; it was past two o’clock. Where
could Louisa beat oneb an hour T ghc had had no inti
mates, and few acquaintances in the city. Could anv
one have carried her away by force I No, no—the tflith
was too plain ! Louisa Was a faithless woman—and he
a forsaken, wretched, brokcn-hqnrted man !
In tin agony of grief, hc.icft.liis house, and wondered
distractedly through the,streets, until chance directed
he reached the confluence of the rivers. To tfiis spot
lie had strolled with his Louisa in their last walk. There
they had stood, gazing at the Monongaliala and the Al
legany uniting their streams, and loosing then- own
names iu that of the Ohio; and Louisa had compared
this “meeting of thc.watcrs” to the mingling of .two
kindred souls, joining, to part no more-—until both shall
be plunged in tlicv vast ocean of eternity. To the lover
—and St. Clair was slilLa servant- rover—thcre'is'no re
monstrance so dear, as the recollection of a tender and
poetic sentiment bfca'hed froih the eloquent Bps of af
fection ; arid, the afflicted husband, when he recalled
the deep and animated tong of feeling, with which this
natural image was uttered by histwife, could not doubt
but that it was the language of her heart. All his ten
derness and confidence revivedy.- and he turned mourn,
fully, with tt full and softened heart', determined to seek
liis dwelling, and wait as patiently as'.be coutd' until the
return of day should bring gome explanation of Loui
sa’s conduct.
At this moment a light passing rapidly front
the bank of the Alleghany towards tbo town, in an in
stant it was lost—and again it glimmered among the
ramparts of Forts du Quesnc —are! tlicq disappeared;—
He advanced cautiously towards the ruined fofts> and
clambering over the remains'of the breast work, en
tered tbe area—carefully examining Abe whole ground
by the clear moonlight. Hut no animate object was 10
be seOtt. A confused mass of misshapen ridges arid
broken rocks were alone to be discovered; —the vestiges
of .a powerful bulwark, - which had once breasted the
storm.
44 tt is deserted,” said the bereaved husband, “ like
rnv once liaapy dwelling. Tlie 11 ig is gone—the music
is silent —the Strong towers have fallen, and all is deso
late!”
l’erplexpd by the sudden disappearance of the light,
and indulging a vague suspicion that it was in some
way connected with his m.sforlunc, he continued to ex
plore the ruiri3. A faiat riv es light now caught his
eye, anil he silently approached it. He soon reached
the entrance of an arched vault, formerly a powder mag
aziuc, fr.an which the light emanated. Th • door-wav
was closed by a few loos boards leaned carefully against
|l > and evidently intended only to afford a brief concctil
mem; but a crevice, winch had been inadvertently left
permitted the escape of that straggling beam of light
which had attracted Ins attention, ami which proceeded
from a small taper placed in a dark lantern. Two per
sons sat before it, in one of whom tho astonished Si.
Glair recogized hi# late companion, the gamble? ! The
other was a coarse ill drea-id ruffian* with a fi romoii
liul sinister expression of countenance, which at once |1
pespoke his character. They were busily examining :
i number of large keys, which secur'd newly made* <
“ Had, a vkv.ard cluuisey work! "said the gambler,
“hut no od Is about that, if they f!o but-fit.”
“l.Vill worktug'in fjo night, and with bad tool',’
rejoined the other.' “Afo and Dick has been at 'em for
a wi ek, stead'*—aud it them keys won't do i’ll be bang
ed if 1 can make any' t>eU'er.”
“Hat’(it 1 ticcn working in the nirdrt too, my boy 1”
said the (rambler. “1 have.made more" money for us
since dark, than a clumsy rascal like yob could earn in ,
a month.” -
“Pfuinsey or no, you put us into the danger always,
and play gentleman yourself/’.
“Wellthat’s right- Don't t always plan evory thing ?
and don't I always give you a full share! come, don’t
get out of heart. That key will Jo—and so will
■ that ”
St. Clair Could listen no longer.- Under any other
circumstances, the scene before him would have exci
ted his curiosity j "hut - the diacoriry, that lie had been
duped by a sharp,'—:t mere groVcrljug felon—addsd to
the sorrows that already filled his boson), stung him so
keenly, that he Ball not patience nor jsprritaib push his
discaverics any. further.
“It w .is, for tic? company of sucli-a wretch,” 'sai,l_ lie,
as he ngairf,inocrrt)fojly bent hls steps homeward, “.that*
Ih ft niv -Lqtiisa! I’etliSps sl\e may have‘guessed the
truth. fcorm may' iiavcwhi.-pered to her,
that I-was the associate of gambler A and house break -
fcrs! -
Shocked at my dupliertv af:<! guilt, site* ft a fled from
contamination ; 'h>, no! ISiie.wogh'lnot -Jmye hejiev, <(-
it. She would hare told me.-She trotjld have .heard iny
explanation. •' lldr kind heart ivouki In.vc pitied and for
given me. Perhaps iny neglect lias alienated her. a {lec
tion. I Ji.ivo "left her too-ofleo alonv, ‘Slid 'in doubt.
She has so IT'rod what 1 have felt to night, the pangs-of
suspense and Jealodsy.** S.hh‘co.tl-1 bear it no longer,
mv cruelty has driYen liar forever from me.”
lie again entered his habitation. How changed!
No hand was extended to receive Ijuii ; no smile tp.
welcome him. .All was cheerless, eold-aud silent. A
candle nearly exhausted to th. 7 socket, .was burning in
the parlor, shedding a bale light-over the jdoorn of tiie
appartment ; but that bright peculiar orb that had given
warmth and lustre to his little world, was extinguished !
St. Clair shuddered, as lie looked found. Every object
(gambled hrrh ofthe happiness lie hnff deS!roved i and
he fc.lt hifrisclf a mutaE suicide. Half dead will) cold,
fatigue, find-distress, he npprochcd the fire—when'a •
note, which had fhHi it .from to the floor,
Caught his eye. The address was to himself, and in
Louisa’s hand writing. ' lie Imre it open and read as fol
lows :
“Tliat-ngreeahlb woman, Mrs. -0.. who lias paid ps so
maity'kiiid atteHtiorlS, has just sent for me. Shcis very
ill, ancTfancies thnf ijo one. cair nurse her so well as my
self. Os course, I cannot refuse, and only regret, that
I must part with my dear Charles for a few hours. Cood
night. Your devoted Ltd i- \."
'The feelings,of St. Clair can be better imagined
than described, as lie thus suddenly mUsed from a state
of doubt and despair, Jo the Tull tide ofjby. lie kissed
the charming billet, and enacted several other cxlrava
fancier; w hic.li our readers will -excuse us from relating.
He retired, at length, to his couch—where his exhaust
ed frame soon suck to repose.
He rose early the next rnpriung. Louisa was already
in the parlor to welcome him with smiles. He frankly
related to her all that happened on the proceeding flight-
Louisa’s affectionate heart synipatised in the painlic
had suffered, and tears stole down her check winch
was pale u itfl tvatCl
“Do not tell me,” said St. Clair, “that I have only
suffered that which yen have often'endured. No—you
will not tcproacji me—biit I know it, I feel it; and here
renounce gaining forever ! Never again' shall vou have
cause to complin of my dissipation or neglect.”
lie kept his word; and acknowledged that the peace
and joy of his after days-'were cheaply purchased with
the nii?ej-ic3 of that eventful night.
I'ronij'f he Globe" o f May ~i.
A gentleman just arrived from’Alexandria gives the
following Account of an atrocious attack riphn the Pr-cs
ident oltheUpitcd States, as he was on his way to‘Fred
eriekxhurg, where lie had been invited to lay the Cor
net Stone <>t a monument about to ho erected to thc-
MbU) sos \V.'i-'’:i:.g»on :
“ I lie Stcamhpat Cygncj, [Sydney I ,] in which the
l’r. sident an Is tvcrjil (Oembfirsof th-.. t.'.;,. ni, tfccotrr
panipd by (Bans other gentlemen, were going to Fred,
erfeksbnfgj'stdpped on her w iy for a f-v, minm. s at A
lex uidria. .Harry persons from the wharf came on
board, ami ama»g thorn Mr. Randolph, late a-Lieatcn.
ant :a the navy. lie -made' his way i.a'o die dabitij
where the President was sitting reading a newspaper,
and, advancing towards: him, -Its ifao address him, bc
gan*to drawoff hiv gloves. The I’r: <ideni, apt know
ing him, and supposing itwa&somn person about’ to Sa
lute him, arid -seeing him -at some dililcnlty in,getting
oil hisgloye, stretched out his hand towards hims saying
“Never oimd your glovo,.sir.” RjntTolp!), having then
disengaged hurl seif from hisfgfoves, thrust one'liaiid vi
clentlv into the. President's face and, . before lie could
make use oj (ho .Other) received a blow l’nJrn a gen
tleman standing near tat ihr an umbrella. Almost' at the*
same tirnff two or tlrrcpgentlemen rri the cabin sprung
upon hiiDj and he was pulled bad and thrown down.
The moment he was assaulted, the PrcpMenUeeizcd his
cane, which whs lying near him on the table, and was
forcing his way through tire gentlemen who h.ad crowded
round Randolph, insisting that nr) man. sljonhl-stand be--
tve-m him and tin villain who hoi I;.-ohm him: that
Ire won Id CliaMifc him himself. Randolph, by this'
time, had been home toward? thodoor of the cabin,and
pushed through it to die deck.* He made his way
through tire crowd on the deck and the wharf, being as
sisted, as is. -believed, by somp ruffian confederates, grid
made his escape. 110 stopped for a minute at a tavern
.in Alexandria,rind passed on beyond the District line'.
’Phe Grand Jury, then iu.&ession, in a few minutes found
a presentment against him,and thg Court issued a bench
warrant. A magi ’rate had just pr---. h.u.-lv i-suml a
•Warrant; hut before ofilecrs euu)d,arre«t I,i;n, he
way gooe.” - y
J Fkm lie 'ieiandriu iyazefte.df May 8.
us.*! hi
reference to then, ‘ent assault upon (lie President, was
not correct. Unfv he well*to sryralso,' here, that the
ah- ii ti' Cl .he. rj,.' f ;ll couffd
cratc?, is entirely i-rronrouf. As far as we ate able to
learn, not ;r human being knew of the assailant’s inten-
he wash tried from die deckofthe. boat, bv
gentlemen phcscbd to prevent hisbeing killed upofi the
spot, and not with ,’ty design of assisting him in an es
cape.
From! >: hrJimond Whit; of May 8. <
T 1 IE A LEX A NDRIA CASE*
A friend has ptu .nto our hamis, the following narra
tive of the truusiwi -u at Alexandria, which we are sure
may betebed upon >s strictly authentic.— l Ms. 1 ting.
.. ■ AttmofDßiA, May 7.
“1 waited to tin- Ijarf with a Iripml Rich
mopd, and there f and 110. D. Rimlolpb, with whom I
walked to the rahir ,f thr boat, where wo found a great
tnaiiyomee.iioidrr-. .fiicc.|iimters,epaulettesand»words.
Randolph walked n . to the President, his (Randolph’s)
nghUrandm „ , when tire l’r. udent appeared dis
posed to tak. liiru 1 . the Inuul, but R imlolph said, “Sir, '
1 am a rrippt* m this hand, and tlm odn r I cannot pro.
sci.t to you., b. e:„j-,. mv Il;lln< . j, JijmdoJph, the victim j
of your unrelenting i.erscention lor limr ie.n». V,«. I
*vc marred my happiness, and ciouded my prospect*,
nd have attempted to stab iny reputation.' 1 “1 sir!*'
■xckimed the President—“l know nothing about hi"
Randolph replied—“l have jour signature in my pock,
’f? and have nothing left, but to return the compliment
ind prtll. your nose;” which he did with hut little effort'
viipreupon an officer, a Colonel ■ .struck liirn with
i sword sheathed ; a Mr. Potter, a Clerk in the Treasu
ry Department, gave him three severe blows with the
taridlc end of an umbrella, which was followed up by
nnny other blows,until bis Iriends kept oif the Coieardt
jotlilin on his legs, and pulled him from the Boat on
[he wfrirf ; when there a stout man by the rume of Col
Burt sugiis (of moninnental fume,) caught him and liclj
him by the uncrippled hand, striving to raise a mob on
the wharf, Or carry him hack to be murdered; but a
friend and my self, prevented him from strikiug R an .
ilolph, when—' came up and collared the redoubtable
Burroughs, who then dropped iiis hold, and Randolph
without a hat and his coat in tatters, walked up to the
tavern, borrowed a horse, and It ft the District.”
Correspondence of-fhe Journal of Commerce.
W.vii n’gtox, April 23, 1633.
.The famous'Warrior, BLACK HAWK, arrived in this
city l ist evening. lie is accompanied by'his son h*
th - Prophet, Uic fither of tlie Prophet, and three you n ’ r
chiefs. Black Ilawk, as a prisoner of war, is also at.
t -rid.-d by a of United Srates’ lnfuntrv and a
tile ig soldiers, This morning he had a long interview
\vith the Provident in tire presence of several of the lii'-h
oflicbis'ofthe Gdvci nment, The'llauk addressed the
i’residont., ns 1 have heard v. itli brevity and great digni.
tj‘-- He was ft,lowed by the Prophet, who spoke at great
er length. The President r. plied, it is said, with natch
courtesy and kindness. The intelligent interpreter
will it is hoped, give what passed fully and corrcctlv.
The Ilavfk, it is said, showed no reluctance to meet his
“CreafFather,” and the first words wliicli lie addressed
foliiin were, “1 am a man,and'you are another.” This
sentiment must have brought forcibly to the mind of iho
President the'‘/10 sum nil humani," &c.or what is near
its equivalent ‘.‘do unto others,” &c. At all events the
address seems to have bail npou the President much ef
feet. An older had been issued for the Black Hawk
and his retimlc at Fortress Monroe, there to beretajped
as hostages till the peace of the North Western frontier
should be fully secured. But it is said that the Presi
peat-, after the interview, expressed a reluctance to pur
sue tills course, and has determined to dismiss them up
on parole. The Black Hawk is short in stature, thick
set, and apparently of groat nerve and muscle. Ilis
complexion is a tawny or copper colored, and his coun
tenance more expressive of thought tlian passion. His
uose is large ami decidedly Roman ; his forehead verr
high, ami remarkably broad ; and lie has an unusual
breadth oflioad behind the cars. His eye is small
lilack, and as piercing ns that of the Missouri hawk
from which liederives his name. His age is about sev
enty, hut he does not appear to bo fifty. Allaoreeas
tathe fact, that, unlike most of his tribe, lie has never
indulged in the use of ardent spirits. Ilis son is inna
■t ire and figure, a perfect Apollo.
From the Western Herald•
-1 Battle— On Sunday the 2Sth April last a battle was
fought near Sctidder’s in Forsyth county between a par-
Ay of Indians and a party of whites consisting of about
‘thirty on each side. Their weapons of warfare consisted
of fists, sticks and stones. There were no lives lost,
but many a" black eye and a broken bone was the result
of the Conflict. .Mr. Luke Robinson, from whom we ob
tained this inteligrncc was present at the scene, and dc- j
scribed it as being very terrific- We regret that Mr.
Robinson was in such a great hurry that we had not time
to inquire into the particulars. The victory wasclaimcd
by the whites: ami wo presume the quarrel originated
from .a dispute about the gold mines at that place—Cher
okee lite'.l geneer.
Sin* preparing the above for press, an individ
ual who was present at the battle above mentioned,
came into our office unrl infonnend us, that a battle
was fought at the same place on 'Tuesday last, of a
more serious nature than the first; lie states that
Messrs. Bolton and Lirtdsey hast- purchased the lot
which gave rise to the difficulty; and that Lindsey
went in possession with a company of twelve or
fourteen hands and commenced operating for gold.
Our informant also states,, that thrre was an Indian
bona- on the lot, and 1 that an Indian by the name of
Bean claimed the possession of jt, and forbid Lind
toy’s right to it.—Lindsey paid no attention to him
until" the first rencontre mentioned in the above ex
trant from the Cherokee Intelligencer, which result
ed in the manner there stated ; and on Tuesday
last, the war whoop was raised from the house on
the lot, and about twenty-five or- thirty Indians all I
parted and undressed, rushed oxtt and continued
the yell <"i war, until they got in proper distance of 1
the white men on the branch, and attacked them
with sticks, clubs and rocks. The whites defended
themselves with their mining tools ; the contest was
kept up about two hoars. A white man by the
name es Goodwin, lately from Kentucky, got his
arm broke in two places, and six or seven Indians
dangerously wounded. The whites are still in pos
session. The lot is in the dth dis. first section,now
Lumpkin. ’Believing that Maj. Donnnhoo, the Indian
agent for this county, is a vigilant and efficient offi
cer, we have no doubt but he will upon information,
suppress the cause of this difficulty, and by a just
administration of .the law upon the aggressors, pre
vent the evils, which might otherwise result from
sueli imprudent conduct whether the fault be in the
Whites or Indians.
It does appear to 11s that the law. passed during
the session of the last legislature defining the rights
and protecting the persons and property of the In
dians is so plain that it cannot be misunderstood, by
any one, unless the enchantment of gold should di
rect his actions; contrary to the dictates of his bet
ter judgment, and we do hope for the charncterof
the state, that no white man will attempt to deprive
the Indians of their possessions, which the legisla
ture of Georgia in its wisdom and lenity has guar
anteed to them until an amicable adjustment can be
made with them, by holding forth sufficient induce
ments to encourage their assent to removal beyond
dm Mississippi, where, for ages to come, the hunts
man will find u peaceful asylum in roaming the for
esf, and the agriculturalist,surrounded with the fruits
o! liis labour, can say irt the language ol a freeman
••this is my own my native land.” .
Tin; .YUiIiCRICAI, KOOK.
Os all Prizes
A XI) drawers names and residence, in the Gold
Lottery, lately drawn, is nowpreparing, and will short
ly issue from the Georgia Times Office, price Ten Dolnifc
bound. Orders for the same, will be received by _
M. D. J. SLADE-
May 1. 1533
)VAT( IIAIAkTIK,
&2J2) J)it , , , h ,
Tllfi subscriber respeetiiilly inform his friends and
public, that ho has taken apart of the store occupied
I unes M. Grew Cos. where lie will attend to . f .
( pairing in allits branches—Also, Kngraving of ever) “ f
icriplion. Ladies and Gentleman's visiting cards, nea y
n graved—door plates, newspapers ruts, Ac. ,
N. B.—Jobing and copper-plate printing, neat-ly excoi
—Gold molting—ilie patronage of tbs public is resprrilu J
nliriuA . VVM. M. HOOP**.
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