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in Bracken County, Kentucky. He was the husband of a young and interesting woman, and the father of two infant children. Ile was living in happiness on a farm which i0 11 earned bv his industry, when the gallant l ap taiu Butler (who afterward fell at t-c capture of the British Batteries at Fort Meigs) raised his flag, and solicited the hardy Kentuckians of Bracken County to enroll themselves among the defenders of their country. Jo in Woo was one of tiic number. lie suffered all t.ie privations to which the army of tnc nort.i-we.st was exposed, during the disastrous campaign which resulted in the defeat oi W incncster a. the River Raisin. By good fortune, he es caned the tomahawk of the savage alaes of Great Britain, and was sent a prisoner ol war to Quebec. 1 Ie was next, with other American prisoners, despatched in a transport to Plymouth, in Eng land. From Plymouth, accompanied by a croV.d offelb.v prisoners, be was about to be transferred to Davtmoor, when lie found an op portunity to make his escape. wati.'Cic, tlirour h the country, stealing through by-ways, untfl °bc found himself at Bristol. Hunger compelled him to enter a j£.*ocory, t.ie ;hm I quarters of a press-gang. I lore he was press od, and despite his protestations that lie was a citizen of the United States, and a tugiti\c pris oner of war, facts that might have been easily proven by reference to the military authorities at Plymouth, he was hurried on board His Majesty’s frigate Sea 1 lorse.then the flag ship of the celebrated Sir Peter Parker and com pelled to bear arms against his own country men. On board the Sea Morse were several other Americans, who, like M ood, had fallen m* tuns to the British systems of impressment. They determined on desertion ; and when lying in the port of St. Johns, they succeeded in secur ing a boat, in an extremely dark night, and at tempted to reach thee astern coast ot the State of Maine. They were instantly pursued, and were oblifcd to desert their boat on the suoie of New Brunswick, and seek safety in the woods. After wandering about for two days, exhausted with cold and hunger and fatigue, they were apprehended by a party of British soldiers and again transferred to the Sea Morse. The punishment that followed this act of de sertion, was inflicted with all that ingenious refinement of cruelty for wnich the British na vy is so celebrated. The Sea Morse attached to the squadron under Admiral Cockburn, was shortly after wards ordered to the Chesapeake, and took an active part in the robbing, burning and murder ing of the defenceless inhabitants of the coast. Mr. Wood and the impressed Americans were never permitted to leave their vessels. lie was on board on the night when Sir Peter Par ker met his fate on shore. A few days sub sequent to tills event, he, in company with se ven other impressed Americans, attempted an escape in b oid day light, by boldly jumping into a boat along side, and pulling rapidly for the shore. One of the number was shot by the sentinel on duty. The others reached the beach,but wereaapreke.: '•*•!. immediately on landing, by a party of the marauders belonging to the Sea Horse. By orders of Admiral Cockburn, they were sent in irons to Nova Scot in, w ere after un dergoing a trial, they were sentenced to he shot. The sentence, however, was commuted to service for life, in ..is Britunio M ijesty’s ar my in the East Indies. T.icy were accord ingly shipped to England, and thence with a regiment of newly lev io 1 recruits, despatched to Calcutta. For 21 years, Mr. Woo l serv ed as a private soldier in the East India ser vice; and 18 months since, when broken lowa in spirit and constitution, he was permit ted tos.il for England. Destitute and heart broken, he reached London, stated his case to the United States consul, and by him was fur nished wb 1 ' die means oi' reaching New York, lie left New York in J;.:iu ry, and wended his weary pilgrimage toward t ie home of his child hood. It is now twenty-six ycirs since he lefl l» r s wife and children in Kentucky; an I not one syllable nas ,ie he ir l, relative to their situation, since the mo ne it of t ieir separation. The citizens here forced a few dollars upon him, for. poor and decrepit as he is, he still possesses att the pride of a Kentuckian, and sent him on his way in the stage to Weiisville, from which town he intends to embark on a steamboat for Augusta, in Kentucky. Fancy cannot help asking—what is now that home to which the war-broken wanderer is returning ! \V !! t>e wife of his youth !>c ready- a l ■ ■1 L of ic" e ;**!v love to hail theret'M i > • n • i-h. id ? Or will her ' ••• nr 1 boon '.riven to anoth ■ • i the ••’•ids •' . \ i- ihdrcu!, —lf living, they nn , it... o ,-.r ice entered upon the busy of l.fe. Will tnev tike the weary piig ' ntone :' jo nes and to th.eir bo soms? At lo jsand overpowering emotions must rusii upon the old man’s heart, as his wea ry footstep approaches the spot that once was iiome! Fancy cannot fill the picture. May he who -‘tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,” supbort the aged wanderer in that eventful moment, which is soon to witness, either the esstacy of his happiness, or tiie utter desolation of his hopes. M •eau was fun as fir hi« re rea*s, insomuch that iiiscouipaaioiis m anus compared him to a drum, which nobody hears except when Iteufat. LIFE IS LIKE A WEEK. From the papers of “No:hing-ncw-under-thc-sun So ciety.” Life has been compared to so many things, that it was held, at a late meeting of the “No thing-new-uncler-the-sun Society,” to he im possible to institute anew simile on the subject. The president declared it to be utterly exhaust ed ; and the vice delivered his opinion to the effect, that any attempt to meet the demand for a novelty, must be hopeless. T.,e secretary, the treasurer, the bottle holder and the coni m m members, chimed in with this opinion. They had forgotten the inventive genius of the individual who had formerly surprised them, at a meeting in the Sun tavern, by roasting bunches of 1 lamburgh grapes, hung before a great tire by a worsted thread, with a captain’s biscuit to catch the drippings, and which was acknowledged to be an entirely new dish ! The same person new stood up and said, “ Life is like, a week!” “ fiike a week !” exclaimed the chair. — “Like a week!” squeaked the vice.— ‘Like a week !” said tiiq secretary. —“ Like a week!” whispered the treasurer. —“Like a week!” bawled the bottle-holder. —“Like a week?” interrogatively asked the common members. —“ 1 low the deuse can life be like a week ? ’ gabbled they all. “It may be like a day, like a play, like a flash of light, like a shade of night, like a dream, like a stream, like a stubble, like a bubble, like a ravel, like a travel, like a rattle, like a battle, like a jov, like a toy, like a flame, like a game, like a road, like a load, like quick silver in a trough, like a musket going off, like a beast, like a feast, like a fib, like a squib, like a viol played upon, like a trial hardly on, like a potion, hke a motion, like a flight, like a fight, like t’ e sea, like a tree, like a chase, like a race, like a cripple, like a tipple, like a trance, like a glance, like a muddle, like a puddle, like a vane, like a lane, like a whistle, like a bustle, like a match, like a watch, like a riddle, like a fiddle, like a reel, like a wheel, like a bother, like another, like a tub, like a ‘ Nothing-new-under the-sun Club!’ but like a week ?—there can be no resemblance !” Nevertheless life is like a week. Monday. —We know not exactly how it be gins ; but on Monday, its first day, only look around, and you will see the general pursuit of human kind is suction. It is called Saint Monday—a fit and congenial appellation with the holy innoeency of childhood. At tin's early stage in the division of time, the oracle of truth is listened to with a tention, as at the sa cred well of Rabelais, and fiithfully obeyed in his admonition tc “ trine, trine, trine!” Na ture is pliant and pliable: stubbornness of character has not superseded instinct; and,! though neither man nor child can walk alone, they are not too proud to receive aid and sup port in their helpless condition. Teusday —The leading-strings and rocking chairs arc gone. We cannot only walk but we can run. Grrccn are tnc notes beueaiti our feet, clear is the firmament above our heads ; and, lo ! the butterflies of spring are dancing and careering before us in the lig'ut -50:n3 air. This is our day to give them chase. Most escape ; but some arc caught, of fragile frame and evanescent hues. We hug and admire our treasures —our first victories in life, the bright rewards of our first exertion and perseverance. The flies are our own pity ’tis, that the moment of their seizure is the moment of their destruction. Wednesday• —Ah! how diderent is the 1 pursuit to-day, vet how much the same ! and iiow little have we learned by the lesson of | yesterday! Love has sprung up in the bo som, and woman is the object of our desire, j The purple light of passion enshrines the visi- j blc world with a haze, a colour, that imparts at i once a depth and a glow, altering the form and aspect of all things. From one grand and i pervading idea within the heart, emanates that : strange medium which encompasseth whatev er the eye beholds, or the senses endeavour to appreciate. In love, by love, through love, the conversion is complete; and the mid-day of life’s week is a wonderful phenomenon. But, alas ! as on the preceding day, there are many disappointments. Alas! still more; in some instances, the triumph is attained. Soon does the purple light become gray, and the visible world return to its own plain and sombre shapes. The butterflies have mouldered into dust, and their successors . But let us proceed to Thursday. —Ambition fills the soul. The lethal strife of war; the struggle for pre-emi nence wheresoever the mind and tongue of man may be engaged in intellectual conflict; the fierce contention for superior wealth, or power, or fame ; the emulation for a place for , self, however snvdl in extent, and little in ad vance ; such arc the and irkcr efforts of the se- cond mid day. There is yet a stir in the blood, an excitement in the stormy game, a glory in tiie final success. If we are not happy, we are busy : if we have no time for enjoyment, we have as little time for discontent. v The fires of hope, so far from lieiug extinguished, con tinue to burn, perhaps more steadily than be fore ; and toil and pleasure, and chagrin and expectation, and failures and stimulus, pass our Thursday hastily away. Friday. —\.v; rice, cold, bloated, and selfish, succeeds to the sole command. The greedy is more ravenous ; the miser more unnatural; the liberal, parsimonious ; and the very prodi gal saving. Gold is the idol of this period; the dross which cannot smooth, hut makes the bed of sickness an une isv bed of ca e, though it nmy gild the g udy c dim, and plume the showy liearse. The voice of wisdom ha s ceased to have the slightest influence over the mind of besotted man. lie grasps with the greater energy at what is the more useless, as lie must leave it as soon as clutched. The longings of Monday, of Tuesday, of W ednes day, of Thursday, have all sonic semblance of reason, and some aecommendnt'on for the hu man race ; but the sordid and clinging wretch who at this stage of existence livos only to op press and grind his fellow-creatures is a mon ster to be abhorred, and neither pitied among the weaknesses, nor excused among the foi hos. nor pardoned among the errours of man kind. Saturday. —We are tired with the long con tinued labour. Our stiffened limbs have for gotten the buoyant activity of the butterfly hunt ; our over-laden memories, the mad and dazzling feelings of the succeeding chase; our wearied spirits the agitating impulses of our ambitious day ,• and our stricken consciences array in dread before us the perdition of our worldly guilt. What seek wc now but re pose ; to return to childhood again, to be qui et, io be sustained, to be nursed and upneld, lo be troubled no more? Sabbath. —Life and week arc over. The Sabbath of the grave and of rest is ours. Ob livion hath fallen upon the past, with all that hath charmed or afflicted, soothed or embit tered, l>!cst or wronged its fleeting hours. Oh that looking back thereon may encourage ils to look forward with humble confidence ! And that we may be able to comfort ourselves with the thought that during this week of life wc have done our best to make the paths of our brother-sojourners path:-; of peace and jov ! Hid men but do so, how much brighter would lx; the day's, and how much calmer t ie nights, of all the in-dwellers of the earth ! As it is, wc are only aware of the preva lence of such dispositions, and such a system of conduct, in the president, vice, secretary, treasurer, and common members of the “(No thing ?) New Under the Sun Society who have unnimously agreed that this paper is a novelty, and worthy of the Magazine, which, being only a year old, is deserving of being deemed another. Bentley’s AZiscellany. TRUE LOVE. They know little of this passion, who deem it the offspring of sighs and protestations, of oaths and tears, of prayers and entreaties, and all the small artilleries of courtship. These are but the husbandry which calls forth the common produce of common soils ; the need ful aliment of that great principle of nature, which alike peoples our cities and our plains, our rivers, and the air we breathe. In many a heart, where it has never been awakened, lies the subtle essence, which, when touched by a kindred essence, starts at once into giant life. And how manifold are the channels through which that kindred essence works itself a pas sage to the sleeping mischief! A word, a look, a tone of the voice, one pressure of the hand—though a hundred and a hundred have preceded it—a simple ‘good night,’ or a part ing‘God bless you !’ from lips that have pro nounced the former for months, shall, in a pre destined moment, be like the spark that falls upon the nitrous heap, followed by instant | combustion. And then, what a resolution is effected. The eye sees not—the car hears i not—the mind perceives not, as they have ] been wont. Anew being is created—the past is obliterated : nothing seems to remain of what was; and the very identity of the ob ject, by whom this delirium of all the faculties has been produced, is destroyed. We arrive, in vain, to conceal the mere man or woman we have known, in the lover of the mistress we now adore. Spell-bound in the fascination, enthralled in the idolatry of the suddenly awa kened passions, we discover wisdom, wit, beauty, eloquence, grace, charms, benignity, and loveliness, where hitherto we beheld them not, or, at the most, had only dim and vi ion ary glimpses of their possible existence. Pic ture to yourself the block of rough and shape less marble, before the magic touches of a Canova, a Chantry, or a Flaxman, have chip ped and chiselled away the superfluous rub bish that conceals the living Venus, or tho speaking statesman, and you have tho best comparison 1 can imagine of that transforma tion which the idol of the human heart under goes, at the moment when the heart creates its idol. Metropolitan. FEMALE MARTYR. Among the articles of late intelligence from England, is an account of tho death of a wo man of the Island of Madagascar, under cir cumstances which place her name high in the rank of Christian martyrs. It appears that tiie London Missionary Society had been sue ccssful in establishing the means of religious instruction in Madagascar, and that a number of the natives had embraced Christianity, in 1835 the Queen issued an edict forbidding public worship under the heaviest penalties, and in consequence some of the converts were in the habit of meeting on a retired mountain for the performance ofthc duties of the Sal), bath, which they felt themselves conscientious ly bound not to intermit. Trie retreat of this little band was not long since discovered, and fifteen persons were apprehended, condemned to perpetual slavery, and their property was confiscated. Their families were involved in the same sentence except they had the privi lege of redemption. A conspicuous individu al an ong these native Christians was a woman named Rafaravavy, well known to the gov ernment a? an inflexible Christian from the time she abandoned idolatry, which was about seven years before her death. In the summer of 1830 she w;is informed against as an ob server of the Sabbath, and a reader of the Bi ble. She was then condcmne Ito a fine equiv alent to half her value, if sold into slavery, and g ive, on that occasion, a striking example ol meekness combined with immoveable principle. In the summer of last year, a box oi religious books was found near her house, and she was again apprehended and imprisoned. Her property was immediately'confiscated, and she was loaded with irons and kept for several days, in the hopes that threats and violence would induce her to give up the names of her com panions. Tnc attempt was vain. She con tinued faithful, and firm, and composed, ai.d employ ed until the moment of execution in praying for all around her, and exerting them to embrace the true faith. She was put to death by' the spear. The best evidence of the sincerity of this woman’s confession of Chris tianity even to death, is the fact that she knew nothing of the fame of martyrdom, and antici pated no honors from her devotion. She ac-t --c 1 on the broad principles of her conviction of duty, and received no ere lit for her integrity' from any frier.ds around her. Her age Mas 38. National Gazette. The Separation of Lovers. —Partings are always painful, but the separation of lovers, even with an immediate prospect of union, in volves a sentiment of deep melancholy. The react on of our solitary emotions, .after a social impulse of such peculiar excitement, very much disheartens and depresses us. Mutual passion is complete sympathy'. I ndcr such an influence there i no feeling so strong, no fancy so delicate, that it is not instantly respon ded to. Our heart has no secrets though our life may. Under such an influence each un consciously labors to enchant the other ; each struggles to maintain the reality of that ideal, which has been reached in a moment of Hap py inspiration. Then is the season when the voice is ever soft, the eye ever bright, and eve ry moment of the frame airy and picturesque; each accent is full of tenderness, each glance of affection, each gesture of grace. \Ve live in a heaven of our own creation. All happens that can contribute to our perfect satisfaction, and can insure our complete self-complacency. We give and wc receive felicity. We adore and we arc adored. Love is the May-day of the heart. But a cloud nevertheless will dim the genial lustre of that soft and brilliant sky, i when wc arc alone ; when the soft voice no 1 longer sighs, and the bright eye no longer beams, and the form wc worship no longer moves before our enraptured vision. Our happiness becomes too much the result of re flection. Our face is not less devout but it is i not so fervent. We believe in the miracle, but we no longer witness it. D’lsracli. Singular Customs. —There is a custom, proper to Sicily, which I must not forget to mention. This is a right of purchase of a singular kind. If any man buys an estate, Lie it, house, land, or vineyard, the neighbour of the purchaser, for the space of an entire year afterward, may eject him by an advance of price. In vain would the first purchaser, give more to tne or ginal owner. This singular law is generally evaded by a falsehood. The purchase-money is stated, in the articles of agreement, at a higher sum than has been agreed upon in the presence of four witnesses. I here is another no less singular law in Sicilv. according lo which any man can oblige his neighbour to sell his house, if he will pay him three times the worth of its value. The in tention of this law was, the improvement of the towns. It was to encourage the possessors of large houses to purchase the humble abodes of the poor. Count Stolberg’s Travels. CANINE FIDELITY. A remarkable instance of that strong at tachment which a dog displays towards his master, and which surpasses almost all human friendship or gratitude, is given bv the Pauld ing (Miss.) Clarion, as follows:—-“ Mr. Jesse Alford, a respectable citizen of this county, re turning at night from some place in his neigh borhood, a few weeks since, was unfortunate ly thrown from his horse and killed. Search was made, and the day after the occurrence the dead body was found. Beside it lay a fa vorite pointer dog, belonging to the deceased. The next day the body was interred—the poin ter being amongst the mourners, and very probably a more sincere mourner than many who were present on the sad occasion. After the burial was completed, the dog was missed from home ; and, several days afterwards, he was found lying on the coffin of his master — having scratched away the newly piled earth until he made his pillow upon that narrow house, where his affections were buried. The last time we heard from the poor dog, he was rapidly wasting away—noticed the caresses of no one —and persisted in his refusal to partake of food.” Intelligence. —A certain young lady’s coun tenance is said to be so expressive that it is ut terly impossible for her to keep a secret. On one occasion she recited a whole tragedy with out speaking a word. You can hear her eyes speak through a partition two inches in tliick ' ness. Boston Herald. Pirayiineiaira. Wanted, at this office, a smart, active, in telligent lad, about 11 years of age, to fight off the inusquitoes during the summer months. One who can handle a switch and come well recommended would be preferred. History. —An up-country’editor calls A!ex ander the Great “The haugty Roman.” —Oil Scissors ! A correspondent asks us “ whether we will take a peek of Municipality shin-plaistcrs in payment for one year’s subscription to the | Picayune ?” It depends upon whether they ! are much torn and how they are put up. I Show us a lew samples. i | Ti;e absence of the Editor must, at all times, ! serve as an excuse for the want of Editorial matter in the columns of our pajier. Couutrj paper. " The youngest apprentice must be a poor de~ vil if he cannot edit the paper as well as his master. The editor of the Cincinnati Daily News snvs that dancing is nothing more nor Jess than nonsense reduced to a system— a pretty r^ O J idea. J & A Mississijrpi Lawyer.—\ Jackson pa per contains an advertisement in the following form : (the name we have forgotten) “ ses in the Courts of Jackson, &c. Small fa vors thankfully received, and large ones iii proportion.” A western lady lias recently married'her fourth husband—all of the four having been clergymen. One of our exchange papers says “Sl:e is unquestionably a staunch supporter of the Ministry .” A »'*cw paper is about to appear in this citv known as “the Queen of the West,” under the title of “The Cincinnatian”—and under the management of three youngsters named “ McCracken, Martin and Schaeffer, editors, printers and publishers.” Speaking of Cincin n.iti, they sav : “It is the place almost of our nativity.” A Circumstance. —A ploughman, while turning up the earth near the jail in Washing, ton City, found a “little new-born babe.” “ W hat a shocking state of society.” A worthy editor says that the present cam paign in Florida is nearly over, as the musqui. toes have joined the ranks of the Indians. We presume that no inconsiderable quantity of white blood has already been shed. More Sloping. —A gentleman informs us that lie lately saw the constable, clerk and sheriff of one of the counties in Mississippi all on their way to Texas in company. Could’ut ascertain who footed travelling expenses. From the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. August a Arsenal, Gee,) May 21, 1838. { Thar Sir, —The deep interest that must be lef. bv ev ery Genrgian, in the result of the measures adopted by government, to enforce the Treaty of 1835, with the Cherokee Indians, is, I think, a sufficient apology for the liberty I take in enclosing to you the address of Ma jor General Scott, to that pe p'e. 1 am, sir, with great respect, Your ob't servant, W. H. BETTS, Lt. Ist Ar'ty. MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT, of the United States Army, sends to the Cherokee people, remaining in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, this ADDRESS. Cherokee* ! The President of the United States lias sent me, with a powerful army, to cause you, in obedi ence to the Treaty of 1835, to join that part of your pec pie v. ho are already established in prosperity, on the other side of the Mississippi. Unhappily, the twovenrs which were allowed for the purpose, you have suffered to pass away without following, ati i without ashing any preparation to follow, and now, or by the time that this solemn address shall reach your distant settlements, the emigration must be commenced in haste, but, I hope, without disorder. I have no power, by granting a farther delay, to correct the error that you have com mitted. The full ni> on of May is already on the ware, and before at other shall have passed away every Ohef okeeman, woman and child, in those States, must be in motion to join their brethren in the far West 3fy Friends ! This is no sudden determination on the part of the Preeidcn*, whom you and I must now obey. By the Treaty, the emigration was to have been completed on, or before, the 23d of this non lb, and the President has kept you warned during the two years allowed, through all hs officers and ngen s in this coun try, that the Treaty wouuld he enforced. lam come to carry out that tk tern mat on. troops already occupy many positions in the country that you are to abandon, and thousands, and thousands are approaching from every quarter, to render resistance and escape alike hopeless. All those tro< p > regular and militia, are your friends. Receive them n*™ ecin ’ fide in them as such. Obey them when they tL, ‘ I. 11 ! 1 that you can remain no longer in this couid O'-. Sol diers are as kind-hearted as brave, and the desire oj every one of us is to execute our painful duty in ,nerf l‘ We arc comnmndi and by the Pres deut to net towaris you in that spirit, and such is also the wish of tl |e v '‘ ,o e peonle of America. , Chiefs, head men and Warriors ! Will you, en ,'-o resistance, compel us to resort to arms? God * or ‘ )l<l. Or will von, hv flight seek to hide yourselves in ,l,oun J I tains and forests, and thus oblige us to hunt yon down ■ | Remember that, in pursuit it innv he impossible to aV ™ I ennfl'cts. The blood of the whi'e man, or the bI OOI Q the red man, may be spilt, and if spiif, however a ’ ,- v i dentally, it may be impossible for the discreet and he-j mane among you, or among us to prevent a genera, war and carnage. Think of this, my Cherokee breif' ren ! lam an old warrior, and have been present • many a smne of slaughter; but spa-e me, I beeeet" vou, the horivr if wi messing the destruction oft® I Cheroki e’. Do no'. ] invite you, even wait for the close ap proach of the troops; but make such p-eporafions v\ emigration as you can, and hasten to this [dare, to 8"% Landing, or to Gunter's Landing, where vou w.H : be iec i ed in k’ndncs by officers selfc‘ed for the Pi_‘ pose. You will find food for all, and clothing for'' 11 ’ destitute, at either of those places, and therC3 at 5’ olir ease, and in comfort, he transported to your ntw homes according to the •ertns of the Treaty. f This is the addres« of a wrrr'or to wn rio s. eC h s entreaties be kind'y reooivi and, and may the God < , both he prosper the Americans and Cherokee?, al * I pesrrve them long in peace and friendship with | Other! WINFIELD SCOTL (irokce Agency, May 10, 1838.