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Edited by TIUMJ I* 51 11 A 5 S, VOLIME \ I.—NK’MBER 53. TH& STANOAHU OF UN: ON, I; » i*. ».. l£s» KI .> PDHI.ISHKR (by <1 utlluClt •/) OF I'llK I.l’.Vs t»r FHK U.MTCU ifALA. sU*’l't’.R VS. i'hree I h»ii*o> per iiuit-tm. No Hubscription taken< for lew fiE-ii n »* »t , nut no «lis< utiumieU. but nt Uiv upliuu m I the pui.|i'ii<‘r, uni I ail iimMmjtes me | u«i. CIIA.MiE OF ItlßEt I lU.V—Vtr .lexire such nt <»ir siil"i-iil-'-> j •- liiav hi .t;i\ .me i*h Hie «liievlmi*‘<** |» ipci* <'h-«tme<| troni uii< i Font ’ > bee i<» nuolht'i, i i.. n*. 1.1 all <•«■->.•*, ol (he ,;i»u.«* hi whjttb | they had l»et u pre\iou>|\ ; n* the mere onb't lo hn wmtl tlii in in >» 1 (iiheiei't nlht*< , place* it almost oil -ol our power to ft'itp'it\. hrraiisr I we hate no iuv.l <> ol .ecfitaituiig' tli-* o fire from which thc\ »t»v I del*’ 1 to he ehutmeil, hut lo a -emcii Hirflrtt<h our whole subscription ' book* coutuuutig several thou*aiul mimes. ADV EK riSF.\IL\ r> iiiserh tl at th-* u*u«l rate*. of I j by Atlm ui<tr.u. r<. i!x • Um*, r ’ «imidi.-in-. nn* req.i red bv |.iw ro |>p I held on the »ir-t i'uesitv tit the iimutli, bviwevti the hour* ot tee in the for? noon mii-I thi *.» in the alter i-in i. t» the Court House in the > <»on- I ty in which the piwrh i* <ilnitf‘. Notice of *>« .«* 11111*1 be s j. | ven pi a public srazeue S| \"l'i |)\YS previous l<. the «la\ of *.Vp. ' Sales ot NEGROES hhi*i beat public auction, on the |ir*t Tues.lm • oi the month between th>> itsmil lumts of sale, at the place of public I Bales in thecouutv wlptc tlr* letter'* t. , --tiineutirv, of \«h|iitu*trntum • j <»u.ir«li.itisliip. nt have been •’ri "t «I.'b<t '.on- SIXTY B\ ' < lice thereof, in one of the public ?• 3/. tt-« o f dn« State, uni al th doo i Ot the Court Hou«e w here «u< h are to hr |iobl. ‘Notice ‘or th • mb' o! I*t*ro».t'riv must be given’ in I ike num Her. FORTY’HYS pievious to the ,| M s of >Ce. Notice io the l>r|it ( u-* anil ('-reditors ot mu V'.stute n»u«t he publish* r FORTY i»A\S. Notice that HD”l?cMlion will l»e nrnle to the t'lrtrt nf < >rdi*iarv for leave hi sell .\\\). m.**t h.» .. tb»i--h.'d for !•'•>!’R MONTHS. Notice for leave to well NEG ROLS. im-st h*» published for ! <> , ’R i MON I ItS netore any order ab-ohiie shall be imide bv the Court ] thtyreon. Notice nt Application lor Letter* nf Administration must hr i> ibli-h --«d THIKTY 1 \ \ s. Nntiieot Application fori rfters of !>ismi<* ion from the \dic-m f - <ion of an Ksi te, are required to be published iimuthiv fur SIN MONTHS. * i.t «*>■* f Ji’i- . ■ \‘ r » it "s" ‘ -F' ’———• ——— [i mtn the New ork Knicl crbocker.] RE7’ROSpE C T I () N . Oft memory turns to vmu-hed days, Despite of pre*.' <t pain. And in th?ir sunshine tuncy plays, Till they s*rm our* again ; With all th Hr unalloyed content; \\ ith frirmh *im rr.'lv prized, With jovous h'art mi l innocent, And hopes unrealized. . ; Before we jostled wi.h th ' crowd That ne’er for ot.’n rs feel, When every thought wo spoke aloud, Liieurcful to cone mi I, Forthen, unlearned in worldly art, Too credit ! ott«, we d-'emed That every one was in the heart As honest as he seemed. But l ime hath in hi* ceaseless tread I- nhappy changes wrought. And we have lived to doubt and dread, By disappointment tau_ht. We once bad triends, but now must weep 7'hey are no longer ours ; They sleep where we at Inst shall sleep, Among the peri-h ul flow. rs. The gentle and the beautiful, The manly and the brave, Are mouldering now within th? dull. Inexorable grave ’ A chill hathyi’cr <>:ir feeling’’ come, And o’e; our hearts a blight; Unblest and cheerless i* the home 'That once vvr.s our delight : For they arc gone, the chcri-hed pride And pleasure ofour days : II(|W- happy were wo by their side, To listen and toprai-e! And sorrow oft with poignant sting, A tribut' tear will claim, As we behold each trsnsured thing Familiar with her name. Wh*n twilight, heriild of repose, Attends tee »»un to re-t, A sable rob xh ‘ uriilly ihrow s O’er the einpurpl d west. Ave dedicate that so’enin hour I’o those love could mil save, And v i ’ld'ii'4 to affli(*H<»ir< power, Wc vi*ii oit their grave. The sod hath felt our deep distress, ’l’hc zephv r borne our *i_'h, That all lb *ir worth and loveliness Is but a in \;;ory. J. L, THOUGHTS ON LAWYERS. BY TIIEOBOItE S. FAY. In a kte p iper, hra le.l :i ‘-Leeitire fn - the Law yers,” I ventured a few phi!o.oplii t al rcfle< tii>Ds on that intelligent and t,i>e:'il cl;i<« . f our fe|!o-.v citizens,' and I took th- liberty to show how one of their b >dy ; would act, supposing Owen’s ‘M wai W .il i” t > !>•-I true. —Several other ideas .1 >ve occurr- d to me <>n I the subject, to which, >s I do not mean to be ver> prolix, I invite the reader's attention, nor do I d . m it necesaary to make any apology to th- f auirinty, as I know tint, skillful as the. tire in d scer iiu< re <- sons on either si ie, the* will fi id argiinn nt. tn mv fa vor a plenty—if they w <1 to do .<>. The nommal purpO'C oft court of justice i- t> se» k ■ the truth; lint 1 question wh t o r the Irnlli is ev< r in other places more attacked, snceied at, brow-beat' 11 ridiculed, and put out of counit 11 im'e. It is the/rtz//*, which every one in his turn timls it to his interest t<> conceal. ItistHidi that e.eiy one is alitti i of. E'en the party most | oothe|y in tli tiuht, is at>x ot>. to exclude the hulli ii><m tin.' otn> rsi te, les it m v -cent 11 contradict In-own ; an I ail tin I >«y r>, au>t «v< n the judge, »eem as niiicn <m t ie wutclj to -top th. witness’ 1110 ith, every two ;n.mi es, as they have be» 11 to m ike him come tin re to o, ei> it. 1 o me, one of the most tidictiloii- thi >ns m the world i., a wt m-sS upon the sttnd, trying (poor «< Ib.wl) t • give m to, testimony. He j,, w • uil| ><tpp.,se, ii > in the .light est degree interested i .< ith rtd Ute p n ttes, a ,d <1 n >l - wi.lies them boll, tied t >g liter by the neck, and • dropped off the stem of 1 the N nth river str an - boat.. He comes into .- .mt, ti t volmt iii v t.m dragged, if he n-si-t-, In t ‘ •. or tm e.- .coAliug Initiis ters of the law, who. fro.ll the mere fact of bis being presumed to knoa sum tiling a >»ut the pi ndm«r s di, think tbeiii»elves e .title t to treat h m a. if 1 e had been brought up for robbi >g a ben-mosi. H■ i- for ced from his business or Ins an.ll cme.n. for the pur pose of speaking the ti nt 1, an I he in v. rdly resol.es to tell the whole story as soon as possible, and "Ct rid of the thing. He thinks be know, the worst. He thinks the lossof time, and the awkwardness of speak ing, for the first time in his life, in public, are the ex tent of his suffering. Uiisiispet tin-, victim! He no sooner mounts the stand, than he finds himself at once in the centre of a circle of enemies, and holding a po- ®.he of tlnton ■■■■ti it it a grc.itA tinpke that of a prisoner in an In di n. war-dance. He tr r. t>l. Il his story. \\ i lies- —I wa. noiim down Maiden lane— I'iist L layer —St-'p, sir. Second Lawyer—'lou’i interrupt'he witness. Third Lawyci—The wit css isoms. I 'ourtli I z.iivi . r —(;■ lei co y and .indignantly) —We want f/ic J’lf't. Jintao—L< t th • witness toll his story. >'• ituess —1 w. s going do«n Maiden lane, where I live. r irst Irti’jc —'Ac don’t want to know win re v oi> So on I Lawyei—That is a part of his testimonv. I h id Law y ei—You <an lake the . witness into y r own bauds when we aie dme wit'u him ;at pre sent’ h- is .nu s. ( A lne<s Hirns [’.ale.) lor li '.aw c. ,vi castic-i|'\l—very well. sir. J '■ g*—'o llee.ie. , 1 be- you will sit down. <5 •■- < i the A Lie rm. i.—' )fli< er, keen oid' r. tli r—( n. I tie el in aider, and wit'i a .cow] of I'm • t i n ori. nt d dcs|H>ii.. ;i upon tie spectators, «!;•> ini making any tsoi.-e thut they know of) —Si- t me! '•' i’n * —’ was going down Maiden lane, yvlicre I r side. a. J s .id befiee, w i n— r'i' st L wyci lmi d.m’: c one hre to repeat wh >t von ai t !:e|i> e, sir. Set olid Lawyer—-I beg. Third L wyei—(Slatting- to Id. feet.) I demand. Fourth Liny, i —l tippe dto his honor, the j tig- , to proti ci me from the in p i tiu.-nce t>f tlii-w itness. Fi i >t, >ec n q t j ri!, and fom th L wy. r, and judge te.gt t el —3 lie v. itin s. mil t Clbcei— pj u.k tig m th e amtience auaiti. ami in a voice <1 timndei'—Silence! Judge—G. nil im is, it seems t" me that the b st way t.> eme <it/'ie truth, is to let the witness go on, and 1 will cdi him to oriHr if lie wanders from his doty . Witnes- ! W itiit .-■—l our ho or. Judge—l ell the pl .in fact of this assault; tel' the jury what you know about it; rememb -r you are here to speak lite " hole truth, and nodi ng but the.timtli r>i»e your voice—turn your face to the jury. What do you know oftldsaffaii ? The poorwr. ieh commences again. The first, se cond, third a.n 1 fo.-wtli law yer continuing to sl irmisli around him all die whi : e, like a parcel f wild Arabs fighting for tiie cio lies ' ( some unhappy prisoner. So fir from rs liiig a chance to sax the truth, the poor man c n't uH a chain eto say an't'dng. Al length, bewi'derefi out <>t h.s revollectim;—(lighten ed, ms uted, and in iignant——however really-desirous ••I te 1 ng t*|. truth, he stumbles on some iiicon.-isten i" ; s me t. llmg, or m>t ir fling paradox—accounted for at o ice, a d lo every’ one’s entire sa isfaction, bv the idea di: tbe I i!s teigotten. Ih t d.< n< < nil s d e er >-.-exan;iua ion. 1, en the scientific artdl ry of a c .oi, able inw y r, .h irpettcd by tint ty years of similar piac.i.es, is brought to bear upon .hi tiembling and already iieryptis straiiger; perhaps ignorant, perhaps' •a inn. Tne.i come the Imigh ~f the judge :inl j llrN; die murmur of astoui.hin- nt from the crinv:|, th t a per-oti . <m|d b found <|egr .ded ari l base enough to s V that dt f n.latit wore a Ilf! -riuuue.l hat,' when he ;>( know'e |_.e,| s bseq-.i' iitli; ..ff his guard, that the h t had/oA-rr/oA'/./eg- rim ' Then th- po r fellow, sore :di over, and n<>t q. i e sure that he will n I l.i nspif He mv. t io ti e stale pr ison, nt ten ve ns’ hard I. or, for |>-jury, !>. fore the week lias Tolled away, although be is h ■ only person in < <>mt who ■'< e. n t, in a greater or loss deg' e , me. it th t. ptin- ' u ni. is .lisii:: .-< dt > a bench, a few yards off, where lie i. oblige I to -em in to hear di I'iwy. rs, in tli ir address to ( 'c jury, t ar h s chnract- r t‘> p eces widifi ie tiiiiis of ih. tone, and yet ner ucsticula lion-. “Whit, gentlemen of t'o-ji-v,” says th- fi st law \ei. .umming up m a tom- < j di deepest contempt, ‘‘what do. s the next w im, s-, this Mr. Boggs, say ? Geutleii.cn, he c'lncs forward mi h r The most peculiar circum-t nices. A dark m s cry shrouds his motives, which I shall n t eudcaxm- to altogether (fisudve. But he -ornes torn .rd, ;m | he t dv-s In. place np > tl di-ai witness’ stand, with die open, the av wed, th i n .isjui ed. i <■ .iiiaffecte I, tin- determined resolution t > fix ii.oii my tdr.mt, ti p injured Mr. Swip-s, this foul and uimaturd a-s.iill ami b ,tfe. V. You saw him, gen lein-n, when I cios— xamined l.i i>, tr< mlde i ti tar my e.>—you saw him h si am and turn pa), at my voir.-.” (Ti,.. fi.st I .wyer, very pr.dvibly, has . voice I'at would intimidat -a bmr.) ‘ Yon heard Il m sta im.er and tke ba. k his word, and S 'iv Im did ■not rc.olle. i. Is mis, gentlemen of the jury, ap han's! wi n -s.f I lie I m ua-e of i, nh is plain and .s trip . —ii r <| fires n > prex i m. eal.mlaiiou. ‘ Il I ..<k xon if \«>u s i., i|,e s',n set o-mr,, you an xver y. s, or 11 <■'> I' ' I' si ate. you do i’i ,t lieadlle.' Y.m ,do u " six, -X's. I dal,’ ami in the y, ry next hr adi, I ‘ o. I <ii<> 1 on <|o not at iir.t tell me, ‘I w itked i leu ui 'es xesi. rd \, an 'al rwar.ls s-n. ‘x> str i:ix I w ali 11 ry ill in bed. —(Here mm of ih • jnr->is I puts h:s n s- .. y .Ii ■ t oi an ,i. er, and uttei s so met i I .ii .ipnro'r .ti ... d' t ils ar.m m-nl, ami liie ot it r <>n. ! >o •- in- Ie ad, an i i'mks a. i , e speaker, as much »s ,to -ay, -ll|.-r is > -S'- >n trymg to elade tile saya i : t'» ..I this I e 1 1--I: hcdl.. X.I .’ ‘Now ,g(. dII (-11, ali.t ri •(•.. t i... w it.it- s say .' lie com met i red I»x tell ing you, gi n I men. t.vit In lixmd i > Maiden lane, dial tie xv .. uOiue home on th- d n when (his t di ultms ami u natural a .;a it i- said t.i have I. ken place, mat hi'Si.x a crowd, mat he a,.proa< h.-.1, timt tie saw Mi. s.vip. S. my I 1 eat, die liefi ti janl in ibis ac mu, cue lo tie plai ni.i - , \| . w.lkm., .nd Jix.-lmn, Wil ‘ bins, die s. d , lai.pill’, a 1 w wi h a bl-.dgt <> . But. I genth tnen, wiie.i 1•o ue ... ..ft .his p.-u ; b'e soi x, ' X'ui beard umi cqn vo ate am] c ni ra I t hia. ;e,l ■ vVh .t suit ofa mu mi I M,'. ,-i. .p . ~u r ’ *A bl t-ck on . ‘<)( wir.l liie iddi was die ii i.f’ ‘Al> tn an im h.’ II ■ tho.ij.i. do t tie-., t at Ii was to hav. [e.ery thin ; hsown wax,iu| J brought upon toe sand io confront : im, the hatter, w omm ea .1 sold the I h it, and who pro ves to on t hat the .im*w as Ip mid. Yoa cannot m nallx dm.ln that the hat worn <m the day, i>y Swipes, was a broad-b-iimiied iiai; all die ' xviiues.es for the def-miaut swear it, ami .ven Mr. 1 Buggs himself, w! enmo-elx ipn.'stioneil, nck.mw.eug . c.l that it have been a broad-bt imtued Inn. / Next, gentlemen, the pantaloon*. ‘VViral co.or were OUR CO NSCII: AC F. OUR COUN Tlt Y OU R PAR TY. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA; TUESDAY MQRNING, JANUARY 21,1840. Jr. S-tipr,.’ palliations?’ ‘Black.’ said this Mr.l biggs. ‘G 'tit.ciin n, lli >ve produced these panta l.iii»s in court. Thex bare been identified In y nd he p ..-ibiiitv of doubt. What xv..s the result? You I .aw, yo .rs. lves eendt riicn. 3 lie pantaloons were [ ie->pe.r an t salt ' " A cry of aduiiraii >n throughout the court-room. 1 Pne ofiicer .ri s “ Order.” The pool xvitm ss Uiifbr t in telx occupie. a conspicuous seat, and all eves are 1 fixed upon him with die most xirnous indigiiaiiom !•■ is. a l , ti atn gat xvhit sum ilicehe can wind tip his! biisitie.-s ami -o a, <1 settle in Kentucky., 3’he I 'awver wave, triumphant, and after a withering look ! at Bogus, goes no. “ F rd), rmorc, gentlemen, I asked this witness to ■ des rioe th" bludg- on. Had it ivory or gold on the! nandle? H - eouhl m>t tell. Was there ale tile up on the en ? 1) ti not k o.v. Was it heavy ? Yes. ; Had lie ever lamlbtl it ? No. How could I), tell! tin- weight of a thing wli ch he h.-d n-ver handled?! [Anoiher Inizz of admi'it iim.j Was he p> rsomdly ! •>(jn in d with M . Swi;e>? No. Had Im ex.-r s.tii him In i, re? No. Since? No. Could Im I tel) whether Im had an aqttiiine nose or not ? No.! Gas he not a friend of Mr. Wilkins ? Yes. Had hi' ! not expr Sscd an opinion upon tlfis case? Yes. Im! bad said the S‘ "imdr> I < ugbi to have been iisbairmd j ol liimS' if. IBiS'.'ll'. Wilkins’ hat knocked oft ? No. Brit. In 1 ire h ■ left the stand, he s id he saw die blood on the top <>f dm plaintiff’> head. lb-w could Im see t‘ e top ..f his lit ad. unless the hat had been ki oek.nl ofl r” (Another bi z.z.) The w itness here rose and said Mr. Wiikius! ttrnk it off to show me.” Ofiiet r—Si!ei < e, tin re ! Judge—Witness, you must net interrupt th- coun sel. \on have had your turn o i the stand. You then had the opportunity to say whatever you plea ed. if you are again giiiby of so great an indecorum, I shall be obliged to i ommit you. Witn ss stands stupid. Otiicc—*it down ! [La tone of indignant com-I maud. W itness sis down. Officer scowls at him as if he wonl j snap bi- head i ff.] I shall not follow the I- arm d gentleman further. I only appeal t> every witn ss that has ever been! brought into a court of jnsdee, whe'lmr he has n a f iiml it "ftt ii the most diificuh place in the world t • tell the truth in ; ami whether, when the truth was at length told, there ■ vei were so many attempts made to ! mystify it ? VVhelher so much of what every one pre-! sent knew in his heart to be the truth, could any! xx here else be so <!t liber 'tely rsjertrd, and whether, when this poor, belab rec, unhappy truth, sn much demanded. xva.» at length produced, it did not have; such an aspect, so di-gaised, that its oxvti mother! ,might not have known it. JOHN HAY. John Dili 1,., was ths higgsst man Ot nil ibv'coni ktnetbkind, itb back too broad to be conceived Bv any narrow min i. Tbo vi'ry burses knew bp weight, When be wa* in the reur. Ami ivi-1) tl bi* box a Chrirtmus-box— To coiyc but once a vear. Ala*! ngaiint the shift* of love W hut armour ea:i avail ? Soon cup (I -cut a i arrow through His semi. I t out of mail. The barmnid of the Crown h* loved, From wlmmhc never ranged, For though be changed his horses there, Hie iov.‘ he never ( banged. He thought b *r fairest of al! fares, So loudly love ;• re rrs : And often, nmonji twelve<>iit«idos, Deemed no out i I • like b us. One dnv as he was pitting down Les d? the pmt r-pump H ' ca lie. and kfr ait .vil'i all his fut. And made an offer plump. Said h•, my 11-t • will never learn I <j line s » h;ige a man. So I mu t (on wi.i come here As iitil? a* \ou can. But tiil h‘>t.) t!y urged his suit, \Viin vows, am! sig'js,and tears, Aet coi;l.1 mu picr< p h>r heart, although He drove the Da ar for years! In vain he woo’d. in vain he su’d, i lie maid w as ami proud, At (I sent him o(Tto Coventry, While on the way to Stroud. He fretted t«l: tin w iy to Stroud, A‘id in *nc »a ; back to town; I n j c.o ir*c ol In? » wn< n.»v r smooth, So his went tip and down. At !a«l her c dd.i?*s mud? him pine I'o merely Ihhi s and *kia ; But ti;. h • tov’<| Ii <>n.j resolved I o Io- e thick and thin. Oh, Mary ! vi?w mv wa-ted back, And s.'<'ni; dwindled calf; Thumb I h ive n s r h d a wife, I’ve lo t my b it i half. Ala*, in ' ni l h • <till tin’tilod, II ?r h nit withstood th • dint; 7'll > ig!i h.». c.n-.i (I iitAen stoae, He cou.d n .t move a flint. Worn out, fit la t, he mad « a vow 7’o break hi* being’s link • For h ‘ was so reduced -n *ize, At imiliing he couhl shrink. •Now some will talk in water’s praise, An I waste ad‘al of’trt'nih. Litt Sob.i, ih ti .h h 'dr .n mulling else, ' lie (linn x him-; It (o d utb. 1 bn cru tl m >i I th : t ca i*?d hi a love Fouii'l oiil the fatal close For; Ino.J in tli? Imti.-he saw J he b.itt*eml of his woos. Some s.i\ his spirit hmmCs the Crown, But thi* i* only t ilk— For, after riding ail his life, Bis t.lm-t object- to walk. n “I metmt io hii'e unfid you of that boh-,” s-fid ;m lii.'iuiioi io bis liicml, who w.is w.ilkmg wi n him iithisg rd. ti, .imi sfiimbletl into a pit full of w.it. r. No matter, s.tys Pat, blowing the mud and water out of his mouth, “ I’vt firond it.” GO! JJS .11’1'11 a. ; J Till, Vh,.\ it Ur VV (l ku- I'IB!*—“I recti'ed one mortiing,” says Doctor John-on, as reported by Boswell, “a me.-sage Trent poor Goldsmith, that lie was in great fii-tr-ss; an.f, as ii was imt inliis pow- .- to come to me, begging that 1 would come to him as >.oon as pussi :e. 1 sent him a guinea, :nd promised lo con eto him direct' y. f ac ■cordingly went as soon as I was tlrrs-ed, and x und that'his lamilady had arrested him for his rent, at v. hick lie was in a violent pas-ion I per’cci /ed that In- hat! a'reatlx changed my guine-a, ami had cot a bottle of Mad; it a and a glass 'before him. I put the cork into ilie bottle, desbed h<- would be calm, and lu'ean to talk to him <>fthe means by ‘which he a.ight be < .xtrn att tl. He then told me that he hail a novel ready’ f r the press, wh’ch be produced to me. [ look ed into it anti saw its m l it; total the landlady I shn.ild su'iir re tii'ii, and. having gone to a hookselfi’r, sold it l>r sx'y pounds. I b> tmghi Go'ldsuiith th" money, and he discharged his r> nt, not xxitbont rating ids lan- I nix’ in severe language rod in a high tone foi h t'ing tisi-d trim s> ill.” !•. "•. b'"Ty, tbe futrch iscr of the J i.'ar of IVu'iefm'tl, «as a man of xvoith as we 1 as wealth, and the freq ent p ition of di-tressed genius. When he completed the b renin, which he probablx fii ered i to partly from compassit n, partly fro n de feremeto Johusou’s judgement, he had so little c.onfi d. nce in the x due of his purcha-e, t at the Vicar of IVakefieltl remained in manuscript until the publica tion <d the Iravdlm' had es ablislr d tin- fame of the a tlior. THE BLUE HANDKERCHIEF. Last year, about the end ofO-tober, a< I was re turning on foot from Q lean-to thechiteni at B: r>ly, I In hi hl before, on a high road, a regiment of Swiss g i trds. I lia-tened so ward to hear the military mu sic, of which I am extremelx fond; hut In fire I had overtaken the r> gim> tit, the bum! fia i ceased tday’mg'. and the drum alone continued t>> mark tin- measured footsteps of’the s ddiers. After marcbmg lor about an hour, the regiment eiitered a -mall p ain, surround- tl bv a wood of fir trees. I asked one of the rapt..ins if the rtgim.tr., was going t > pt rfiirm evo u'ions. “ N- . sir,” he tepli-d, “ «e are going to try, am' proba-’x to sh ot, so tli. r btlo igingto my com pany, for having robbed a citizen upon wli tii he w s biiie.t-d.” “ Wiest 1” exclaimed I, “ is he to be tried, con demned, and executed, all in an instunt.” “ Yes, ’ the capiain r 'plied, “ such are the terms of our capi it'atnms.” '(’his, to him, was ni mi a - reason ; as if all things had been considered in the capituhnioiis ; the fault a id its penalty—-justice, and i ven humanity. * • “ If you have any curiosity to witness the proceed ings,” sain the captain politely, “ I shall be happy tc. get you a place. They will soon be over.” I never avoid such s- enes, for I imagine that I learn, from the countenance of a dying u an, vvha death is. I. therefore, followed th • captain. 3’he r> gi in ni fi.rmed into a square. Behind th second rank, an 1 on fi><> bor tars ofthe wood, some <> the sol tiers began to dig a grave, under the coinniatfi of a -übalteri ; for regimental dut\ is alxvaxs pei fin-mex! wiih regiil.irity, and acer a’n di-t inline ob served, even in digging of a grave. In the centre of lhe squar", eight officers wei’' seated upon d urns; on t'tafir right, an 1 a little mort i i front, u ninth xvas xvrning upon his knees, but will, apparent negfigen e, and siniplv to nreveiit a man be ing p'-t to death xxit.imit s-'ine 1< gal form. The accused was called fdrw rd. lie was a fin*, well grown, y oung fellow, xvidi mild, vet noble lea tnri s. By h's side stood a xvonian, who was the mil w itness ig x’m-t him. I’lie moment the colon-1 begai to exam nu this xv> nnan, die prisoner imerrup'ed him. “ It is useless, colonel,” be said, “ I xvi'l court’s.- every th iig ; I stole (his xxomaii’s handkeri hiel.” ('olon-l. Yon, Piter! xvhv you pas-ed for at lion r bL man, mid a good sidilier. i'itnr. I. is true, cl me), th t> I have always en deavored to satisfy n y effi ers. 1 did not steal so. my self ;itxx ts for Maiie. '* Colonel. And xvho i- thi- Marie? f'iter. Why, ?,Lrie, who live their—in on. own conntr icar Arcsberg—where the great a; pie tree is—l shall dien see h r n > m<n‘" ! Colonel. IJo not tinderstmil you, Piter; explaii yourself. i'iter. Well, colonel, read this letter.’ [ \nd h handed f th" colonel a letter, every word ol xxlt.ch i. iingi.tven on mx mem >rx.] “ Alj dear friend Pitm — I seize the opportunity ol -eii .ing y u ,i,i; | tier, li\' Arnold, a n cruit, xxl.t "as emi t d in your tegi uent. I also send a slil p rs- xv.in Ii 1 have made lor you. I did not let mx la'ner s e th it I was making it, for he alwaxs scolds me for loving you - > m ich, ami sax s you w ill nevei '•turn. But you s'U'i lx will come back, wont xon ? But xvhether you com. 1 bai kor not, I shall always love y ou. 1 first consented to become yours on fit xiax you pit kexi up my bine handkerchief at the Ar> nsberg dani t, and brought it to me. Vi hen shah I see you again ? What pleases me is the infortna 'ion I have f ceived. that ti e officers esteem you, and your comrades love you. But you have still two X <ars to serve. Get through them as fast as-ymi can, and tiien xve xvili be man it d. Adieu, my good friend Piter. Your dear “ MARIE.” “ P.S. Try* to send me something from France, >i"t fu fear I simtikl forget you, but tliat I may al xvaxs carry it about me. Kiss xx hat yon send, and 1 •ni sure I shall soon liud out tbe place of your kiss.” W en the colonel bail tinishtd leaning the letter, Piter resumed : “ Arnold,” said he, “ delivered me thi- letter lasi night, tvhen I rec-fixed my billet. 1 could not sleep ail night lor thinking of Marie. In her letter she asked me tor sonn tiling from France. I had no mo ney—l have morgaged my pay fin- three months, in "i-xivi to help my Ino her anil cousin, who set out on their m.n noiiix* afi xx days since. This moniiiig, on rising, I ii,-, i.ed toy xviudotv. A bine handkerchief’ >as thy ing n an e, amt it resembled the one be ioiigi gto M t i'-. '1 he color, and blue .-tripes, were a< t'l.'l y me same. I w. s base enough to lake it, ami put it into my knapsack. 1 went out into the street ; my conscience smote me; nntl I wtrs returni'ig to the I*. E. Pi-opvietor. WHOLE NUMBER 312. tmus to. ns or.- n ta- it- owue., xxliett tins woman c.nm up ;o me ••.;!. th' guard, ami the handkrichief wa- fimnd in my po css? m. This is the whole truth. T.n- I apitii! ti -ns req iie th .t I ,-hould be shot: let me be shot i .-taiitly ; b- t co not de-pise me.” I lu.’ juxlg. s were muab! t ' 'om cal their emotion ; never'h-d s- th y mimiiinotisly condemned Piter to I death. He hard tlw sentence with tit emotion; tnen, iidwiiicm - hxw ii'xt:. his rapt.fin, requested the loan of fimr fmm's. The < apiam gave him the mo ney. He then .‘'l'lToai lied the old w man from wiiom he had taken me h in-lherx Lief, ami I heard him utter these words : ‘‘ Madam, ;.e.e me fixup francs • I know not whe theryour ham .'..erci ;ef be wr-r h more, But if it be, it cost me dww om-m. l'. and you may excuse me from paj mg tbe diffen m e.” i he-i, taking the handkerchief, In? kissed it, and gave it m the captain “ Captain,” sail! he, “in wo years you will rftn n to our mountains ; ifyoti go near Ar. sberg, do tt :e the f.vor to ask for Marie, ami rixe her this t itle Lndkerchief; but do not tell her the price I paid fi r it.” |{ P t ! len an() aj - ter gray mg fervently for a fi w mimtes, lose, and walked “ ith a firm step to tin place of ex cutiou. I i etii ed into the wood, th .t I might not witness the 'nst seme of this tragedy. A volley of shots soon m.ide known that it was ov r. H ix mg returned to the little plain an hour afier, I found the r-gimenl gone, and all quin; but as I (bl ow-d the border, ol the wood, in order to reach the ngh r-rnd. I perceived traces of blood, ai d a mound of freshly moved e.-rih. ( titling a branch of fir, I made a rude cross, which i placed upon the grave of one already forgotten by ad, save myself and Marie. WHAT ARE THE MECHANICS? The verx bt.ildeis ot the x itiz n world are mecha nics. Strike o-t from die lace of the globe every trace and impn ss’mn which ill- artizan has made upon t, and the whole earth would resume its miginal wil lerness of character, and die primeval wilderness for he beautiful x i Inges. There is a dignity belonging -o t ie moc! a iic arts, xvlucli is too much overlooked by hose who enjoy th" irui s of th- labors of this most useful class of the community. 3'here is no external nark by xx bi. h tbe civilized s'tate i- distinauisbed from hat of the barbarian, but bear- the indisputable im iress of mechanic a«em y . Not a -tone is hewn, or t -tick snarpime I. in all tl-e edifices whi. b have sup ->i mte-l the abo'igintl b vomicks ol onr country, but >wes all its finish, fim ss. and proportion' d symmetry *o mech mi-' h m Is. Not an article of clothing nor onvenience nor i'lea-ure but have the stamp of the •eehanic upon them. And' xen agiiculture itself, he great source from which springs almo.-t all thene essaries of life, is began and carried on to final termi ration widi the i nplements of me. hnni-m. W ho, the;;, th t is a mechanic, has not abundant '-•ca-ion to rejoice that he belongs to that class of so iety v»ho-e labors are imfisp- n-able to every cxist nce of civilization i*s< It ? To be sure, there are >ther professions in lifi-, th t are equally ust fid ; h-meh. perhaps,, not in all respects so important as -hat of the mechanic. 3'iie offieeA cfTefivernment, to -nch as discharge the duties of their stations wi'h he mming (ideli-v from the lowest to the highest among 'hem, are all plates of p< i-).| xiug, and many ot severe -nd fatiguing labor. .Merchants and pin-ici .ns and Dwyers, and even the eleigy, are all laboring nu n, if hey permit at a‘l tit'i’s we have mentioned. “ But an any of these honorable men make a ship or build vthros'le, or raise a spire t" heav. n ? 3'hesc the me hanic can do, and il he duly i< (I, ct upon the impoit ■mce of his labors, he can sc-re ly repine at his lol.” PITY AND CHARITY INCULCATED. Hie very pirate, that dyes the ocean wave with the dood ol h;s 1 How beings ; that m-'.ts with his de [ nceless v iciim in some kmelv sea where no cry for i" p .can be heard, and plunges his dagger to the heart hat is plea.fing lor hf-—which is calling upon him -y "II n-mes of kindie l, o' - . 1 il- ren, and home, to pan- —yes, the very i irate i- nch a man, ns you or I might have been. Orphan.", ein ch-l.ib >od; an un > idl ed youth ; an - vil conipaui m; a r: sort tn sinful 'ileasurr; fiimiliarity with vice; a scorned an<i I.lighted .amc ; scat’id and era. hed aft ct ous; desperate for aii's : toe-ear.' st. 'ps which imght hve 1 d anyone .•nntitr ns. to ti-f. r ; -upon the high sens the bloody lag of universal defiance; to have waged war with •nr ki"d ; to have put - n the terr fn att- il'tite-, to have lone the dreadful .beds, and to have died the awful lentil ofthe ocean rohb. r. How tmmy affecting res ti-'nships of hiimanitv plead w.th ns to pity him? t hat h-ad. that is do-mu d to pay the price of blood, once rested upon a mother’s h< som. The hand that 'id that accursed work, and shall soon be stretched, cold ami nervih-s, in the fid-m’s grave, was once ta ken and cht tisbed by a I’athei’s hand, and led in tbe -yiys of sportive cliildlt-od. and innocent pleasure. The drea-led m-m-ter of crime, has mice been the ob et of sisterly love, and all dome-tic endearment. Pitv him, then. Pity his blighted h >pe a--d hiscrush ed bean. It is awh lesome st ttsibil tv. It is reast n- Uile ; it is ttieei tin trail a ni sinning creatures like us ' cherish. It for-goes no moral discrimintion. It f els o er ; m ; b-o fi -Isit as weak, tcmi ted, and' re scued creature should, h imitates’ the gr- at master • and looks with indignation u on the offender, and yet is grieved for him.— diet. Orrille Dewey. THE LADY OF FASHION A3’ CHURCH M e find in the last Edinburg Rt vi w a queer story recorded of i lashiomible lady. Being ala watering place once with her daugh'ers, it suddenly occutaed to her that, for the sake of example, she might as well go to church- Accordittglv, one Sunday, In r lady ship, t‘end(-d by the young 1 ulies, entered the chr.pel most in request, and h iving boldly marched up the ai I ■, asked t! e pew-woman to give them the b st seats for hearing the preax in r—“a private pew, if you pl ase, with a curtain ; 1. t it be th" warmest von have with a stove in it; put the footman close by, that he may be in the way to op. n the d or. I prefer, if you please, that pew lined with red cloth ; it looks com l:,itable.” ‘-Madam,” said the startl'd pew-woman, ‘‘l am very sorry—but we have not a seat to give you.” The lady paused—turned to her daughters, and’ said, (as she walked out, with complacency,.Welk, my dears at afl events; 11 tn? have dow. thecMlthinff."