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Nor is it any apology that'these
writers draw from Ife. This li
been urged in tiicir favor, with a tone
of great assumption; but as Dr. John*
sou has well observed, there are cha
racters and scenes in life, whicc ought
never to be drawn. What is unneces
sary and improper for us to see, or
hear, or know, it is improper for the
novelist to describe. Who would be
a voluntary listener to the Icwducss,
the curses and imprecations of a bac
ch&nnnlian orgies? Who would think
of allowing himself to behold the a
hominations committed in the resorts
of debauchery? Yea, who would
choose to witness those innocent ex
pressions of love and tenderness which
can never be proper in the presence of
a third person? And yet it is not tho’t
improper to make the novel reader
present to all these by description! Thus
it is that the hearts of many are pollut
ed in the retirement of a chamber,
and characters, and scenes are made
familiar to the mind, which if at all
known ought never to have been dwelt
upon.
TIIE WANDERED ft EA.Y.
A singular and interesting occur
rence took place in Queen-street last
week. A respectable woman, who
resides there, having left her * child,
an infant two years of age, to play a
bout the door (ill she attended to some
house-hold duties, went when she was
disengaged to look for her charge.
The urchin could barely crawl, and
she expected to find him at the door
cheek. There, however, it was not,
and the mother, in considerable a
larin, called on several neighbors, to
i* quire if they had seen her child.
No one had seen it; and, as a consider
able time had now elapsed in making
fruitless enquiries, the anxiety and
f ars of the poor woman became pep
portionably augmented. Parents can
only judge of her feelings when no
trace of her child could be found.
The neighbors kindly assisted in muk
iftg strict inquisition in every well,
pig stye, hen-roost, or out of the way
corner, for the wandered wean. He
was, however, no where to be found,
and, as a last resource they then re
solved that the bell should be sent
through the town. In the mean time
the mother, in a state bordering on
destruction, went into her own house
to rummage again every hole and
bunker, bed and cupboard. While
thus employed one of In r sympathiz
ing friends happened to cast her eyes
to the gable of a neighboring house,
and there with surprise and horror,
discovered the lost child perch* and on a
ladder, and within a few steps of its
very top, apparently quite delighted
with its state of exaltation. A lady]
endeavoured to induce the ambitious
mite to comedown, but no, it shook
its head, and sat fast. She then tried
to go up the ladder, but half up her
head grew giddy, and she was obliged
to descend without accomplishing her
object. The mother by this time was
informed that her child was found,
but her feelings may be more easily
guessed than des ribed when she saw
its danger. The ladder was long o
nough to reach the eaves of a three
story house, and w ithin four steps of it
was her child, holding firmly by
one of the bars, and looking quite com
placently on the faces below. With
trembling steps the agitated mother
cautiously ascended the ladder, but
when within arm’s length of her in
fant, and on the point of lading hold
ot him, he as if to mock the agony of
his parent, clambered up the remain
ing steps, and straddling across the
top most bar, held out Ids little hands
and smiled, as if proud of his daring
f ati The mother at last folded the
object of her fears and affections to
her fond bosom, and descended with
her precious burthen in safety, shed
ding tears of gratitude and breathing
a heartfelt prayer to that providence
which had so miraculously preserved
her dear little pet.
Paisley Advertiser.
The following strange and incredible
story appears in the York Herald: —‘Last
week a man passed through York, who is
subsisting upon precarious charity, and
who calls hionselt Win. Leek, and des
cribes lumself as having formerly been at
sea, and who is laboi ing under the follow
ing very remarkable affliction. There 19
every external evidence of a living crea
ture, apparently the size of a rat, being
in his stomach. It is incessantly in mo
tion except when the poor fellow eats
and diinks, and the moment the act of
swallowing commences, it may be ob
served to rise towards the throat, and*
from the form the man’s stomach as
sumes, it seems to he busily engaged in
devouring the food he is taking When
he drinks, on applying the ear to his s-o
----rnach, a sound lesemuling that made by a
dog or cat when lapping water, may be
distinctly hea.d. Once a non.h (his uu
seen reptile, or whatever i: is, secretes
the food it has taken, and tie effects up
on the man are melancholy in the ex
treme. The anguish he suffers throws
him into fits, in hie paroxisms of which
he used to tear his 11 sh to such a degree,
that his teeth have been foiced out b.
the gags which it has been found necessa
ry to put into his mouth—tie marks ot
the hues are still visible on his 1* ft, or a*
lie termed it, Ins larboard arrn. He has
been laboring under this singular malady
three years, and the only aicount he can
give of its origin, is the drinking, about
that time, ot some water out of a stagnate
pond in the fens of Lincolnshire. He
says he has been in the London hospitals
and minutely examined by Sir Astly
Cooper, who pronounced his case a very
singular one, but lor which he could pre
scribe no remedy. He informed us .hat
he had poison adrninisiered to him to the
greatest ex ent the fucu ty durst prescribe
hut it hud produced no effect upon the
st.ange tenant ofhis stomach. He spoke
with much resolution upon his hopes,
that after his death*, the opening of his
body might unravel the mytery, and per
haps be of service, should any other in
dividual fall into a similar misfortune.
He is obliged to take meat with him when
he retires to rest, for though while he
sleeps the motions in his stomach ceases,
yet lie is not allowed to repose long be
fore he is awakened by a craving for food,
which he is obliged to administer. The
case is certainly a mo-t extraordinary
one, and there is, from the frank manner
of the man, no reason to suspect any de
ception—indeed the nature of the exter
nal evidence is such as, in our opinion, to
prevent its possibility. He left York on
Thursday last, and said he iutended to go
to Motion.
Saturday Evening Post.
We placed upon our bulletin of yes
terday a report of the dismission of
i Major General Scott from the U. S.
service, by co uinaud of the President.
This rumor came to us from the lips
of a gallant officer, who was liimst If
distinguished by bis valor in the late
war, and now occupies an important
station in the army. It seems that
! Gen. Scott has acted with deliberation
in this matter, and as lie thinks com
ports with his own rights and charac
ter, and the integrity and honor of the
army; It is well known that on the
lamented death of Maj Gen. Brown,
Gen. Scott claimed as matter of right,
precedence over General Macomb as
candidate for the office of Comman
der in Chief of the Army. On the
appointment of his rival, Gen. Scott
tendered his resignation, with the in
tention of embarking for Europe, hut
the President, instead of receiving it,
appointed him to a remote station, on
a separate command. Scott, believ
ing that he was the senior officer, de
clared he could not yield obedience to
the orders of Gen. Macomb, and we
learned that every order, that has
been transmitted to him has been sent
direct from the President, as com*
mander in chief ex officio. He has
personally told the President that he
cannot submit to Gen. Macomb’s or
ders, and has earnestly entreated that
the matter might he submitted to a
court of inquiry. Our informant
states that the officers generally de
ny the right of the President to dis
miss any officer from the army unless
under a sentence of a Court Martial,
and that although Gen. Scott is not
popular, this affair will increase the
number ofhis friends, and it will de
prive ti. service of one of its ablest
officers. It is well known that Gen
eral Jackson had a sharp corresp.ni -
dence with Gen. Scott, which ended
in personal enmity, but we have
heard that the President elect has a
vowed his determination to repress
his resentment and to cause ample
justice to be done to Gen. Scott, if
on due inquiry it is found that i jus f
lice has been done to him. This;
course of conduct will give the new
President increased popularity in the!
army, and afford a gratifying presage ,
of an elevated course of action. It
reminds one of the magnanimity of
Louis XII of France, on being solit i j
ted to do something that would be in
judicious to one who had shown-him
self to be one of his sharpest enemies
before he came to the throne.—‘The
King of France doth not concern him
self with the injuries of the Duke of
Orleans,’ which was his title before
lie came to the crown.
JV. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Captain Jones, of the bark of Cath- ]
line states that on Monday night, a
decent dressed man came on his deck,
vociferating ‘Hurrah for Jackson,’
leliberately took off his coat, saying
he iutended to die for Jackson, ami
threw himself into the river. The
Bystanders threw him a rope, which
be took crying ‘Hurrah for Ja< kson.’
But as the boat approched to take him
in, he swore he would *Die for Jack
son,’let go his hold and was actually
drowned I — Neiv-Orleans paper.
WEALTH OF THE SEA .
Under the New-Bedtocd head, [see
Marine Lis;] in this morning’s Chron
icle, we have published the names of
the vessels which touched at Oahu, au
island in the S. Pacific Ocean, since
the first of last January., Our object
in so doing is not so much to give the
information, (which would he uninter
esting here,) that such vessels h and
called there, as it is to state the rutin
ber of the vessels, and the great wealth
wlii’ li their enterprising commanders
and crews have drawn from the ocean,
and will soon empty into their own
cotters, and those of their owners.
The number of vessels which tom lied
at one island only, is fifty four, in: hid
ing the one that brings toe report
twenty one of which belonged to the
little island of Nantucket, (which has
a population of only about 8000 souls,)
1G to New Bedford, (another am at;
seaport) and the remainder (except
ten which were English,) to neigh
boring ports of the two first named
places. The number of oil with
which they were laden, was 49 130;
which, supposing 30 gallons to each
:barrel, amount to 147,390 gallons;
this quantity, on au average of 50
cents per gallon gives seven hundred
and thirty six thousand nine hundred
and fifty dollars! There are no duties
on oil thus brought into the U. S., it
is to he observed; and wlh the exrep
tion of some little time, in which, how
ever, they are acquiring nautical
knowledge, and a species of fatigm
and labor which inures them to hard
ships, makes them reckless of danger
and keeps them hearty, the earnings
of the men are almost a nett gain.
Unit. Chron.
Remarkable sagacity of Dogs.
A short time hark, a gentleman re
siding in the upper part of Carnar
vonshire, re< eived an invitation from a
gentleman residing in Middlewieh, to
spend a month with him. The gen
tleman accepted the invitation'and
took with him a favorite greyhound.
The next day after arrival, a mastiff,
belonging to tne inviter attacked t!;e
greyhound and give him a good drub
bing,—The hound immediately took
to his heels and fled home to Carnar
vonshire, a distance of about ninety
miles, and the family there were sur
prised to see the dog return without
his master. Next day the grey hound
and a remarkably small bull dog, be
longing to the same gentleman, ilisap
peart and, and no trf.ee could be found of
tilher of them until a few days n fur
wards, when a letter was received
fro in the Welsh gentleman saying,
that his bull dog and gu y hound had
arrived at Cheshire, and both had at
tacked the mastiff belonging to l.is
friend, and destroyed him before they
could be separated.
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SJVJjVDLLVG.
A female belonging to the lobbies
] of our Theatres, has recently resorted
to a mode of ‘raising tlie wind,’ which
it is right the public should know, not
only to guard individuals against such
extortions in future, but to enable any
one on whom it may be attempted to
be practised to cause this ‘lady fair’
to answer fur her conduct before a
Magistrate. The following is the
mode to which she usually resold,:
she is alway s elegantly and somewhat
fashionably attired, and generally
contrives at a late hour, to meet or o
vertake a gentleman, to whom some
unmeaning observation about the
weather, or the play, is introduced,
| or some question asked as the way to,
or distance from a certain place. \
man of common politeness will not
unfrequently take pains to direct the
‘wandering’ dame. She will not,
however, go far, before a demand io
made for money preceded generally
by a loud call of rnuder, or for the
watch, and perhaps by a blow.—Ei
ther of these coming unexpectedly,
produces no less surprise than alarm;
an attempt to escape by running a
way, would seem to give currency to
die accusation which the lady spares
not by vociferating muider, thief &r.
Generally, however, the individual
chooses rathar to part with a St or 2,
to get rid of this noisy companion:
who receives it, nothing loth, though
she is not lavish in her expressions of
gratitude. She is tall, about thirty
years of age, was once handsome,
dresses well lias rather a sharp pierc
ing rye, and a countenance bespeak
ing viraguisin.
Philadelphia Press.
GEQUGIA LEGISLATURE.
IN SENATE^
Friday, I>ec. 5.
The bill to extend the jurisdiction
f the Jus!ins of the Peace in civil ca
rs, to increase their fees, and to com
})- 1 them to give security, was ordered
to lie on the table the balance of the
session.
BILLS P ISSED.
For the relief of purchasers of frar-
Jmn, lots and islands in the late
fraction sales.
To amend an act, entitled an act,
for the better protection of orphans
mil their estates.
To alter and amend t.lie 4tli section
of an act passed the 27th of Dec. 1826,
to np|K>iut Trustees for the Poor
Schools Fund in the county of
Lowndes.
A hill to amend an act, entitled an
act, to incorporate the Bank of Da
rien, passed Dec. 15, 1818, and to
hango tiie name and remove the
-mine, was ordered to lie on the table
the balance of the session.
A bill was n ported to augment tho
Ifax1 fax on licenses to pedicis and retailers
| f-spirituous liquors.
Saturday Dec. 6.
i BILLS REPORTED.
L> provide, fin* the better distribu*
‘nmol the Poor School Fund of the
several counties, and to point out the
j mode of accounting for the disburse
-1 ineiit of the Academy and Poor School
Fund, and for other purposes.
1 o define the military powers of
| '.he Governor, and to authorize the
appointment of a staff to the comman
der in chief.
To amend the militia and patrol
laws.
MOUSE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES.
Thursday, Dec. 4.
A Uiil was reported to enable feme
coverts who drew land in the late
j land lottery, on account of the absence
fro ii the State to s‘!l and convey the