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THE MtEPUBEIC, IS rCBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY, OVER J. D. WINN’S BRICK STORE. COTTON AVENUE, MACON, OA. AT $3,00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING, Btc. One square, of 100 words, or less, in small type, 7a cents tor the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. All advertisements containing more than 100 and ess than 200 words, will be charged as two squares. To yearly advertisers, a liberal deduction will be made. Sales of Land, bv Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to lie held on the first Tuesday in the mouth, between the hours of ten in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the pro perty is situated. Notice of these must be given in * public gazette, sixty days previous to the day of aale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made lo the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell laud, must be publish ed four months. Sales of Nec. roes must be made at public auc tion, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the legal hours of sale, at the place of public sales, in the county where the letters testamentary, nl administration of guardianship, shall have been granted, sixty days notice being previously given in one of the public gazettes of this Slate, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to he held. Notice for leave to sell Negroes must He pub liahed for four months before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. All business of this nature will receive prompt attention at the ofiice of THE REPUBLIC. BVSINEiS CAKDS. JOB PRHTIAG asaouiraiß £M jcaina ©Firs^a, With XeHtncM and Dispatch. BROWN * SHOCKLEY, i2'2£ Alt MACON. GA. Jan I. 1845. 19—ly FI.OY1) HOUSE. BY B. S. N E \Y CO M B. Mncnn, Georgia. Oc.l. 10.1814. !-‘l WHITING <fc MIX, WHOLESALE AND It ETA 11. DEALERS IN' BOOTM AND ••IIOFS, Near the Washington Hall, Second street. Mamn, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1 -if _ L j ONES & CO CLOT isl NO STO KE . Wstt tide .Mulberry Street, next door belotc the Bis; Hat. Micon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1-ts MSBET & WINGFIELD, attorneys at law. Office on Mulberry Street, over Kimberly's Hat Stotc. Macon, Georgia, Oct. 19,1544. l-tl DOCTORS J. M. & H. K. GREEN, Corner of Mulberry and Third Streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. I—it FREEMAN Sc ROBERTS, Saddle, Ilarne st, and It hi p, MANUFACTORY’. J)eal>rs in nil kinds «J Leather, Soldiery Harness and Carriage Ttimmings, On Cotton Avenue and Second street, Macon, Ga. October 25, 1841. 3^_' JOSEPH N. SEYMOUR* DEALr.R I.N DRY ROODS, RROC'ERIES, lIiKD . WAHL, &C. Brick Store. Cherry Street, Haitians Range, first door below Russell St Kimberley s. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. l-tl GEORGE M. LOGAN, ni.M.t.K lit FANCY AND SCARE*: DRY ROODS, Hard-Ware, Crockery, (Hass It are, See. Stc. Corner of Second and Cherry streets. Mac on, Georgia. r Oet. 19, 1944. l-tl d7 & iv. "glnn, DUUtI IN STAPLE Dll X ROODS, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, &.c. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. l-tl SAMIIEIfXRAY &TCO. DEALERS IN FANCY AND STABLE DRY ROODS, Ready Made Clothing, Hats, Shoes, fee. Second street, a feiv doms from the Washington Hotel. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 18, 1841. 1-ts KEDDING~& WHITEHEAD, DEALERS IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY ROODS, Groceries, Hurd Ware, Cutlery, Hats, Shoes, Crockery, &c. See. Corner of Cotton A venue and Cherry streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. I—if1 —if «. F. ROSS, dealer in DKY GOODS AMD GROCERIES. .Macon, Georgia. Oci. 19,1844. l-ts j.” mTruard.m a N, ihcalkk in LAW, MEDICAL, MISCELLANEOUS and School Books; Blank Books and Stationery «f all kinds; Printing Paper, &.C. &e. Sig* of the Large Bible , trro doors above Shol voelis corner, west side of Mulberry Street. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. l-ts b. it. war.ner’ AUCTION AND COJINIISSiIOM MER CHANT. Dealer in every description of .Merchandise. "The Public’s Servant,” anil subject to receiving consignments at all limes, by the consignees pav ing 5 per cent, commissions lor servicts rendered Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. l-ts ITITc r oss, Has for Sal e DRY GOODS if GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, CAPS. AND HATS, At John D. JVinn's Old Store. Oct. 25,1844. 2-ts •Hrs • Hu son's Hotel* GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. 11l MRS. IK SOM, jfjf| ■ LAKES this method of informing her ... friends and the public generally, that she will 111 continue to keep a Hotel in this place, a few J'ors below the .Monroe Roil Road and Banking 0l !* e < just across the street from where she lhr l T y * e pl. Her charges will correspond with the ” •<■tness of th e times. The house will be fitted ihVoo * u P fr ' r »r style. She will take the bouse on . 20th day of December, when every thing will ,n complete order. r. AMELIA HUSON. ° r 'mn, Ore. 9, 1814. „ 10 2m TUG RDPIBI.K. S. M. STRONG, Editor. VOLUME I. MISCELLANY. From Adventures in Georgia,Circassia and Russia. SAINT PETERSBURRII. A few days after the ball, I took the op portunity ol going a round of the various palaces in the capital, the very gem of which, however, magnificent as the whole ot them are, as I have previously mention ed, was destroyed by fire the year previ ous, and which I have heard those well qualified to judge assert could not be equalled by the united splendor of tbe rest of the Imperial residences, boih in the environs of and in St. Petersburg itself. Most providentially, nearly the whole jof its rich furniture, paintings, statuary, gorgeous armoury, Sec. &c., was with con siderable difficulty preserved. Connec ted by inclosed galleries with this melan choly scene of ruined splendour are the palaces ot the Great and Little Hermi tage, in which, as I have already observed the recent grand court lete was held. The extent of these superb edifices, running by the side of the Neva, including tbe pri vate theatre, is rather more than a verst, or three-quarters of an English mile. It is said by foreign artists who have visited the Russian capital, that by far the best and completes! collection of Wou vermans, Teniers, and even Spagnolettis, are found here, with upwards of twelve hundred other paintings of the first des cription, belonging to the Dutch, Spanish, and Italian schools. One ol the most remarkable, at tl in deed, in my estimation, equally beautiful (though by no means so grand and exten sive,) is the palace built expressly for, and presented by the Empress Catharine to tier lover anil minister, the celebrated Prince Potemkin, and which, though de vastated, and nil but destroyed, by the ex centric and capricious Paul, was subse quently renovated, anti in a great measure restored, by the Emperor Alexander. The gard* ns ot the Chateau, converted I by that crack-brained monarch into a ri- I ding-school tor the cavalry, are perhaps ; the most singular the world ever witness ed, and tar exceeded any tabled descrip tion of beauty and wonder the imagination the poet or painter has either attempted or portrayed, since by means of concealed fines and stoves in the midst of a city bn-' tied in frost and snow, the stranger may here wander through walks perfumed ba ilie fragrance ol tbe blossoms of the citron the lime, ami the •orange, while myrtles, ' geraniums, and roses, lead him momenta | l ily to suppose that be has exchanged the tireary banks of the Neva in the month of December, for the sunny stream of the l Gtiiitlalquivcr, in the heavenly period of : its early spring. About twelve miles from St Petersburg is the beautiful pavilion palace ol Czars koezelo, the favorite residence of Cathar ine 11., and tjie seat of her voluptuous pleasures. I can offer no description of the grounds, but I have been told in sum mer they are pre-eminently beautiful, ami the general effect equally singular as plea sing, from the Turkish kiosks, Chinese pagodas, arches, grottoes, and Grecian temples scattered through them. One room in the palace possesses a me lancholy interest in the estimation of the stranger; this is the favorite apartment of the late Emperor Alexander, in which ev. rytliing remains as lie left it on his de parture tor Taganrog, from whence he was never to return. His hat and gloves lay on the table, and all wore the appear ance of the tenant ofthe chamber being merely momentarily absent. Siitinge and unacountable is that presen timent of approaching evil which oppres ses and subdues sometimes even the | most powerful minds. The morning of his quitting the capital the Emperor, exhilarated with the pros ■ peet of the journey, was remarked to be ,in higher spirits than he had manifested ; for many months past, by his suite and at i tendants, one of whom, approaching him ■ requested his orders on some subject a- I gainst bis return. The word seemed to tall on his ear with | the shock of a thunderbolt. ‘Return!’ he said, with melancholy bitterness, ‘I shall revisit Czarskoezelo again.’ Tiki truly'indeed was his forbo ding verified. The bed-chnmber of Catharine, which also remained untouched since her death, is furnished with all the rich and luxuri ous elegance for which she was so celebra ted; the walls are of fine porcelain ; and close by the bedside is an admirably con cealed door. (“Oh, my” as Mrs. Trol lope’s young American ladies would ex claim;) hold your tongue, Sir, and be d-d to you; do you suppose the veriest green horn in the world cannot understand for what purpose it was intended, without your unmannerly interpretation ? these rascally servants will do any thing but shut their eyes, as they ought, and pre tend to do, and not trouble their heads a bout their lathes’ actions. Czarskoezelo was also the favorite re sidence of OrlofT, in the zenith of his fame and power; and it was here occurred that last sad melancholy incident of his life in public. He had married the young, the beauti ful, and amiable Countess Zinowieff, to whom he was devotedly and passionately attached, and in whose society perhaps the short fleeting period of real happiness, he ever knew, was experienced. In the bloom oflifeand health, and within a few months after their union, c he was .•Midden PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBUS. MACON, REORRIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY' **, ISIS. ly carried off, and laid in her early grave, a stroke of misfortune so sudden and se vere, that the mind of her unhappy hus band gave way beneath it. No one from that moment was admit ted to his presence, except one or two con fidential domestics; he ate of what they placed before him, and then either sat or reclined in listless apathy, not a tear or moan escap mg him; or passed the time in vacantly wandering from one rich su it of apartments to another, ol his gorgeous and miserable home, as if in search of the lost and loved one, whose radiant beauty and angelic sweetness bad so recently shone diffusive ot every earthly happiness,' where all now was darkness, gloom, and wretchedness. At length, by the instigation of an acute and intelligent physit'iau, he was prevail ed upon to leave t?t. Petersburg, and pro ofed upon a lengthened course of travel; from which period till upwards of two years afterwards, no tidings were heard of him, beyond his being engaged in one incessant change of movement from one country to another. One night about this time, the chateau of Czarskoezelo was the scene of one of those select, gay, and brilliant soirees in which the Empress look so much pleasure. Never had she appeared in her best days j though now past me bloom of life, more ; strikingly handsome, or more replete with | happiness, as she promenaded the ball- j room, her arm resting upon that of a pale j stripling, elegant firm, in a rich hussar uniform, upon whose feminine beauty of features and countenance, her eyes were fixed with looks of the deepest and fon dest love and devotion. It was the fair-haired Lanskoi, the one sole being she ever regarded with true af fection, whose early and untimely death from decline crushing and overwhelming with the deepest affliction the heart of the ambitions Sovereign, the artful and intri guing ruler of unequally unscrupulous and unprincipled period, added one more to the many examples of, — what a riddle is woman ! Mirth and gladness wore at the highest, the ball proceeded merrily, when a tall, powerful, gentlemanly; man, on whose noble and dignified features either disease or the acutest mental misery, or perhaps both, had impressed a paleness so livid and wasted as rendered his countenance scarcely human, suddenly entered the room. As if in defiance of court etiquette anil derision of the gorgeous costumes around him, he was attired in a suit of the deepest mourning; but on his broad and muscular chest glittered, set in the choi cest brilliants, the insignia of tlie most il lustrious Ordeis of Knighthood in Europe. It was Orloff! He strode into the mid dle of the assembly, till he reached the spot where the Empress stood. ‘You arc gay to-night, Katerine,’ he said, with a maniac laugh ; ‘how hnpp}- everything seems around you.’ Then, changing his tone, lie added, in a voice of thunder and ferocity of manner, that star tled even the boldest heart present. ‘How dare you be dancing and enjoying your selves, and my poor wife not cold in her grave.’ Pale an<l agitated, for several moments the Empress vainly struggled to give ut terance to the words, ‘Good God! Orloff are von mad ?’ ‘Mail!’ he esclamed, in that low, deep, stern tone of intense passion, so frightful to hear as slowly he raised, and mena cingly held his finger towards her. ‘Mad! aye, and who made me so ? through whom did I become a murderer and a regicide?’ Cathaiine now shook so violently, that her favorite was obliged to cast his arm around her waist to sustain her; but equal ly alarmed at the fearful degree of agita tion which possessed her, and the threat ening aspect of Orloff, while even some of the boldest veterans of the great Souva roff stood by paralized and confounded, the noble youth, placed him self as a shield before the Empress, and resigning her to the care of her trembling demoiselles d’- honneur, advanced and confronted the gi ant. ‘Boy’, said Orloff, contemptuously ex tending an arm in muscular strength and proportion rivalling that of the. Hercules Farnese, and which most certainly would have crushed (heeleant form of the favor ite to death at a single blow, ‘Boy, 1 wish not to harm you, yet come not near me. stand aside, and let me once more gaze upon her who has alike been the cause of my glory and my guilt.’ The fierce tones of his deep and pow erful voice, became wholly changed and subdued, as he uttered the conclusion of the sentence, sadly and mournfully they struck upon the ear. The exciting ener gy of the moment was past, he gazed with pity and affection upon his Sovereign and mistress, as sinking upon ari adjoining ol- i toman, that last resource and relief of tbe hopelessly miserable, tbe intensely wretch ed, (whose unutterableagony of mind has been occasioned by their own guilt, vice, or folly,) in its weakness overcame him, ami he wept, —the iron-nerved soldier— the unscrupulous votary of ambition—that man of blood, the regicide, wept —wep( like a child. He became insensible the next minute, and was borne from the room to his own mansion, at which he had only arrived that evening from abroad, when bearing ofthe Empress’ intended fete, he ordered his carriage, and set off to the palace. He lingered but a short time afterwards his mim! never recovered the shock it had sustained in the stroke which, bereaving him of the only tie which bound him to existence, bore the semblance c>f that re tributive justice of that unseen Power, whose sentence may for purposes of its own perhaps be stayed, but yet us surely and unerringly one day falls. The presentation to the Emperor was followed a week afterwards bv a similar ceremony to the Grand Duke Michael, wnose newly erected palace is consider ed as carrying the palm in architectural beauty from all the splendid mansions in the capital, not even excepting the lur fa med Winter Falace itself. On arriving, we ascertained that our own party, consisting of the gentlemen of Lord Clanricarde’s Embassy and n.v-clf where the only persons to be introduced on the occasion; and having been shown into an ante-room, notification of our pre sence was immediately forwarded to the Grand Duke. The apartment into which we wore us hered, was certainly one adapted to fill a stranger with curiosity anti astonishment. Had 1 not been aware of the locale in which 1 stood, I should at the moment have supposed 1 had stumbled upon the well-furnished orderly room of an enthusi astically zealous commander of one of the regiments of the Imperial Guard, instead of what we were given to understand it actually was, the private sitting room of the Prince himself. The walls were hung with pictures in plain wood frames, representing soldiers tn every position, performing the various movements of the manual, platoon, lance and sword exercise. In one corner was a camp couch, or bedstead, with a matrass about as soft and pliant, as the beautiful polished boards on which we were tread ing, while on a plain tabic, (which with few chairs, formed the entire of the rest of the furniture,) were several books, which form their figure and appearance, I could have sworn at a glance were General Or ders. Army Regulatious, Field Exercise, and all that sortofthing. By the time I had finished my survey, we were summoned up stairs, and in a small withdrawing-room, the splendor and rich paraphernalia of which formed a sin gular contrast tothe one we had just quit ted, found the Grand Duke waiting lo re ceive us. After some conversation ofa general na ture, lie turned to me, and commenced such a sharp cross-examination relative to the drill, discipline, manoeuvres, rewards periods of service, &c. of the British and and Anglo-Indian armies, that I had rea sons lo congratulate myself upon being an ohl adjutant, bill for which circumstance I must to a certainty, have been floored, the more especially since it was very ea ■sv to perceive, that my Imperial catechist was as Cult au fait to the subject, (as in deed t.» whutaritiy in the world is he not?) as myself. On concluding, he bowed to us and re tired, his departure’being almost immedi ately followed by the entranc of the Grand Dutchess Helen, who in the ordinary and common-place parlance of a mere formal interview, contrived to impress upon us the conviction as to how well merited is the opinion universally enteitained of her popularity, with all classes in St. Peters burg. Indeed, some peculiar good fortune seems to have attended the whole of the present princes of the House of Roman off, in their selections for domestic life, since however loved ami esteemed in their own native faderland, their being transplanted to the frozen regions of the North, has but rendered their virtues and amiable qualities the more highly vener ated and appreciated, by those among whom their future destiny in life has been cast. I was engaged to dine this evening with Mr. Plinkey at the English Club, so ter med from having originally been founded by our countrymen, where the members have the privilege ofinviting non-resioent foreigners, and which institution, (flatter ing and complimentary distinction to Bri tish honoY and integrity,) bears on its re cords this first rule, that its treasurers and sec retaries shall always be Englishmen. The occasion of my present visit there, was attended by an accident equally an noying as ridiculous. 1 had called a droiehsky lor the purpose of proceeding, and having put the usual querv to the as voslitikh or driver, as to wheather he was acquainted with the locale in question, and being very confidently answered in the affirmative, I jumped in, and we set off After flying about for the period of nearly hall an hour, the coachman sud denly stopped, and turning round, very candidly confessed his ignorance of the place I wished to proceed to, recommen ded my getting into another conveyance, of which several were at hand, and pay ing him for the drive with which he had accommodated me. I willingly acceded to the first part of his proposition, but signified a most em phatic negative relative to the latter; as however I was preparing to take my seat in the oiher droiehsky, which had drawn up beside me, the driver of the one l had previouly engaged, placed himself be fore rne, expressing his intention not to permit my departure, if his claim was not previously satisfied. Oh! bow bite rly did. I regret rnv ill fortune in being irrplain Clothes, since the very sight of the cocked-hat and epau lettes, would not merely hive scttlcrfihe H. C. CROSBY , Proprietor. NUMBER 15. question at once, hut have-consigned my Iriend to the nearest guard-house, where he would have been pretty summarily and strongly advised in a manner he was not likely very easily to forget, as m bis future conduct, before he was liberated. In the meantime attracted by the dispute, the crowd gnthered round us, and learn ing what had occurred, immediate iv took the part of the stranger; one of them, a well-dressed, anti 1 should say an opu lent burgher, advancing towards, and ac costing me in French, politely offered his services and assistance in any wav they coni.l lie available, at the same tune so-! R iling to know whom he had the honor of addressing. My inliiiination relative to the latter ’ part of his request, elicited a store of mcreuuloiH astonishment, a* he scepti cally remarked, “An English Colonel! then pray, Sir, may I ask what you do in this dress, anti where is your uniform ?” In reply, I could only inform him, tlint in my own country it was not customary for officers lo be clan in harness at all, unless upon duty, or witc *heir regiments; nnd that even in private society in his own capital, it was-’not expected of for eign officers to appear so, unless on oc casions where any members of the Im perial family were present.* He was satisfied with the explanation, and turning to the driver, commenced lav ishing upon him every term of opprobiutn, (and a Russian generally thinks of a good many,) for his gross violation of the laws of hospitality, and imposition upon a stran ger, in which interlocutory exercise he was zealously and ably seconded by the mob. Such a clamor and medley of tongues the world never witnessed; hut the rascal stuck to his point, and never let go his hold upon mv clonk, his lungs were ns strong ns any of his opponents, nnd lie bawled as loud as the best of them; the annunciation of my rank too, which was made with all due pomp and emphasis to frighten him, was productive of quite the reverse, being received with a grin of derision, as point ing to my unhappy bourgeois dress, he jeer ingly inquired if that was a Colonel’s uniform. I was more than half inclined to have recourse to the “argumenturn nd homi tictn,” —the fist was clenched, the arm up raised, when prudence suggested such a proceeding was calculated to he produc live of considerable mischief, and might oven convert my .present warm supporters into as bitter enemies, Russian warfare on these occasions being invariably confined to the longue. In the meantime it began to snow, then it began to blow, and as a natural conse quence the snow began to drift, at first slowly, and then most furiously, while vi sions of snug fires, comfortable dinners, and fficir various agreeable concomitants, tis ii in mockery, rose before my irritated imagination, to suggest the necessity of getting away from my present predica ment under any circumstances. Swallowing my indignation therefore, as l best could, 1 at once announced my willingness to pay the man’s demand, an intimation however so far from settling the question, only rendered it more uproari ous than ever, since, received with dissent and disapprobation by try own followers, it served but to strengthen the supposition of the driver that he would get his money, and consequently rendered him the more determined upon asserting his claim. In the interim, the drift was every mo ment increasing, and driven to despera tion by cold and hunger, as seizing my French-speaking follower by the arm, 1 exclaimed, “My very kind and excellent friend,” —here came full butt upon my face a burst of the drift, that it seemed actually as if a huge snow-ball the size of. and hurled with the force of a 64-pounder, had come in contact with it. llalf-chok ed and blinded, it may easily be supposed my eloquence was very effectually check ed by the disagreeable interpolation. Atier no iitile exertion, I at length suc ceeded inobfnininga hearing; and thiougb the medium of my interpreter, eulogizing their zeal on my behalf to the skies, but mentioning that I was keeping a large circle of friends waiting (a most imagina tive and theoretical reasoning, as, alas! I knew too well the Club wailed dinner for no one, whether King or Katsar,) beg ged the favor of being permitted to do what 1 pleased. This produced some effect; and after a little limber parlance, engendered by the inquiry as to what was the actual fare between my residence and the Club,! on discharging this, (the amount being somewhat less than a shilling,) for not a ; fraction more would they permit the fel-j low to receive, we were each permitted to wend our different ways. On joining rny friends, I found dinner half over; but perfectly famished as I was, this was an affair of very moment, and with a hurried apology for my absence, j I fell to with lieartv good will; and it! was only on the removal of the cloth, while sipping our wine, that I related the cause of my detention, much mirth being elicited by the recital; several of the mili taires, howeverintimating at its conclusion, they trusted the circumstance would act' as a preventive against my moving out in future otherwise llianen tcuue. I have subsequently more than once * Russian military officers arc, However, very reluctant to nee their gur*i* other wise ih«n in uni form, anil are rgry desirous of their never appear thought of this trivial adventure, and al though I must candidly confess in the i«- patiencc and irritation of the moment, I wished my friends at the devil for their of ficious kindness, it has struck me as a i characteristic trait highly honorable in the Russian middle or lower orders, so differ ent to what I have observed in other cotiti | tries, their thus warmly espousing the ' cause ofa stranger as they did on this oc casion. I was in the full run of all thegaities of j the season; nnd in St. Petersburg in the I winter they arc not a few', when all my I prospective \ isions of fun and frolic, balls, routs, assemblies, nnd ballets, came to a conclusion as summary as it was unex pet let I, by snort kr from home lo tbe Am bassador, direct ing me to proceed forthwith to Berlin, anil thence to England. Slil’e I ere* was a change. “When was I to start r" “Oh ! you have plenty of time to get ready; the courier does not leave till to ; morrow ot daylight.” (It was then four , o’clock p. At.) “But my passport! the office is closed by j this time, and—” j “It has already hern sent for, and will be here immediately.” “But the usual advertisement of threa successive weeks—” “I’ll see to this.” “Reporting my departure— ’’ “111 take care of that.” It was in fact, no go, all my excuses to obtain a respite having already been met, ami anticipated. Talk ofa Quartermas ter-General ! an Ambassador is worth the whole Corps d'Etnt-Major. There was no help for it; I rushed from i he Embassy to the English Magazine, for, wholly unprepared lor such a sudden emergency, like most persons in similar cases, I had every thing to procure; thanks, however, to the active exertions of my Iriend Mr. Colqulioun, every thing wa* obtained, packed, and stowed away; and the following morning, cloaked, furred, and shawled, I mounted the britchska, and having taken my leave of the great north ern metropolis, wasdccupied the next fort night at route to Berlin, in dashing through apparently trackless wastes of snow, at a rate, the rapidity of which only those who have travelled as a Russian courier, can either appreciate or understand. DREAMS SOMETIMES BODY FORTH THE FUTURE. The followingarcremarkable instances and said to be well substantiated: The most ramarkable acecdole connec ted wish this part of our subject is one which has been presented under fictitious circumstances in the tale of ‘The Anti quary,’ and which the distinguished au thor has since related in the notes to that novel:—‘Mr. R, of Bow land, a gentleman joflitnded property in the vale of Gala, was prosecuted for a very considerable sum, the accumulated arrears of tcind (or tithe), for which he wns said to be indeb ted to a noble family, the titular, (lay im propriators nl the tithes.) Mr. R. was strongly impressed with the belief that i his father had, by a firm of process pe culiar to the law of Scotland, purchased these tiends from the titular, and therefore, that the present prosecution was ground less. But after an industrious search a mong his father's papers, an investigation of the public records, and a careful inqui ry among all persons who had transacted law-business for his father, no evidence could be recovered to support his defence. The period was now near at hand when lie conceived the loss*of his lawsuit to be inevitable,and he had formed his deter mination to ride to Edinburgh next day, and make the l>est bargain ho could in the way of compromise. He went to bed with this resolution, ami with all the circum stances of the case floating upon his mind had a dream to the following purpose. His father who had been many years dead appeared to him, he thought, anti asked him why he was so disturbed in his mind. In dreams men are not surprised at such apparitions. Mr. R. thought that he in formed his father of the cause of his dis tress, adding, that the payment of a con siderable sum of money was tbe more un pleasant to him, because he had a strong consciousness that it was not due, though he was unable to recover any evidence in support of his belief. ‘You are right my son,’ replied the paternal shade ; ‘1 did acquire right lo these tiends, for payment of which you are now prosecuted. The papers relating to the transaction are in the hands of Air. , a writer (or attorney) who is now retired from professional bu siness, and resides at Inveresk, near Ed inburgh. He was a person I employed on that occasion for a particular reason, but who never, on atiy other occasion, transacted business on my account. Itia very possible,’ pursued the vision, ‘that Mr. , may have forgotten a matter which is now ofa very old date ; but you moy call it to his recollection by this token that when I came to pay his account, there was difficulty in getting change for a Portugal piece of gold, and that we were forced to drink out the balance at a tavern.’ Mr. 11. awaked in the morning, with all the words of the vision imprinted on his mind, and thought it worth while to ride across the country to Inveresk, instead of going straight lo Edinburgh. When he came there, he waited on the gentleman mentioned in the dream, a very old man. W ithout saying any thing of the vision, he enquired whether he remembered having conducted such a matter for his deceased father. The old gentleman could not at first bring the circumstances to his recol lection, but on mention of the Portugal piece of gold, the whole returned upon his memory; be made an immediate search for the papers, and recovered them; so that Mr. R. carried to Edinburgh ths do cuments necessary to gain the cause which lie was on tbe verge of being.' ‘Not less remarkable was tbe dream of Captain F— a ntin rtf exemplar* pie-