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TUB KBPVUBIC, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, OVER J. D. WINN’S BRICK STORE. . COTTON AVENUE, MACON, OA. AT $3,00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING, &.C. One square, of 100 words, or less, in small type, i 75 cents lor the lirsl insertion, and 30 cents lor each subsequent insert.on. All advertisements containing more than 100 and ess than 200 words, will be charged as two squares. 'l’o 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 lie given in a public gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to thcCouri of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be publish ed four months . Sales of Neuroes must lie made at public auc tion, on the lirsl Tuesday of the month, between the legal hours of sale, at the place of public sales, the county where the letters testamentary, ol administration of guardianship, shall have l>een granted, sixty days notice being previously given in one of the public gazettes ol' this Slate, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. Notice for leave to sell Negp.oe* must be pub Imbed for four mouths belbre any order absolute shall lie made thereon by the Court. All business of this nature will receive, prompt attention at the office of THE REPUBLIC. BUSINESS CAKBS. JOB VRISTIAIG EZisarjimio as tusk a ©iififiiujs. With Neatness and Dispatch, lilt OWN A SHOCKLEY, MACON, GA. Jan 1, 1345. 1-2 —1 v FLOVU BOUSE. BY 13. S. NEW COM B. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1814. l-'l ' WHITING & MIX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, Near the Washington Hall, Second street. Maeoit. (icoryia. Oct. 19, 13 11. 1-' J.LTJONES & CO. CLOTH LV (» STOKE. IVest side Mulberry Street, next door below llie Big Hat. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1841. 1~1l ’ MS BET & 'WINGFIELD, ATTOR If EV S A T I, AW. Office on Mulberry Street, over Kimberly's Hal . Store. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. l-ll DOCTORS J. M. & H. K. GREEN, Corner of Mulberry and Third Streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1914. 1-tl FREEMAN &. KOBE UTS, Saddle, Harness, and If hip, MANUFACTORY. Healers in, nil kinds of Leather, Saddlery Ha, ■ness and Carriage ft mailings, On Cotton Avenue and Second street, Macun, Ga. October 25, 1841. •*“* JOSEPH N. SEYMOUR, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, G ROC FRIES*, HARD WARE, &e. Briek Store, Cherry Sired, Ralston's Range, first door below Russell & Kimberley s. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1-tl GEORGE M. LOGAN, dealer in FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Hard- H are, Crockery, Class-II aix, &c. &.C. Corner of Second and Cherry streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1914. ~~ I). & W. GUNN~ dealers in S T A I* Ll3 DK Y GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, &.c. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1 s 1 4. Gtf. SAMUEL .). RAY & CO. DEA..ERS IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Ready Made Clothing, Hats, Shoes, &c. Second street, a few doors from the Washington Hotel. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 18, 1844. I-ts ’ REDDING & WHITE HEAD j DEALERS IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Groceries, Hard H are, Cutlery, Hats, Shoes, Crockery, Stc. &c. Corner of Cotton Avenue and Cherry streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. I-ts IT F. ROSS, dealer jn DRY' GOODS AND GROCERIES. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. l-ll J. M. BOARD MAN, DEALER tN LAW, MEDICAL, MISCELLANEOUS aud School Books; Blank Books ami Stationery of all kinds ; Printing Paper, Sic. Sic. Sign of the Large Bible, two doors above Shot welt's corner, tees t side of Mulberry Street. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1911. l-ll 1 13. R. WARNER, .AUCTION AND COMMISSION MER CHANT. Dealer in every description of Merchandise. “The Public’s Servant,” and subject to receiving ■consignments at all times, by the consignees pay -5 ix’r cunt, commissions Tor services rendered Macon. Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1-tl L. J .C ROSS, —H a s for Sale DRY HOODS iV GROCERIES, UOOTS, SHOES, CAPS, AND HATS, rlt John V. li'inn's Old Store. Macon, Oct. 25, 1844. 2-1 f Jtirs. flu son's SiotcL GKlFil-N, GEORGIA. m. MRS. HURON, TAKES this method of informing her friends and the public generally, that she will s.lil continue to keep a Hotel in this place, a lew doors below the .Monroe Rail Road and Banking House, just across the street front where she for merly kept. Her charges will correspond with the hardness of the times.- Tlte house will.be filled up in a stt|)erior style. She will lake the bouse ol the 20th day of December, when every tiling wiln be in complete order. AMELIA HUSON. Griffin, Dec. 9, 1844. 10 2m THE KI2PI BLIP. S. M. STRONG, Editor. VOLUME 1. Ml SC EL LA NY. THU BRILLIANT Lbt’KKT. CHAPTER 1. It was ill the autumn of the year ISOO, when ihe republican army under Ney, Moreau, Y amb, Cyr, and others of its lira vest generals, was pursuing its victorious career, and laying waste some of the mast important towns in Germany, the circum stance that we are about to relate took place. The frequent want of stores, ammuni tion, and money in the republican armies, and the hope of plunder then so frequently held out to the French soldiers as the re ward of victor}, caused no inconsiderable alarm in the breasts of the more peacea ble inhabitants of those places which were considered likely to become the theatre of hostilities. Among these, the inhabitants ol a Ger man town of considerable importance— and which for distinction we will call Eh ristine—had ample reasons for their mis givings ; the daily, almost hourly, ap proach ofthc French being expected. The family of Paul Kitunayer, a mer chant, citizen ofgreat wealth, was amongst those most agitated by the afflicting intel ligence. His household consisted of his wile, an only daughter, and a lew domes tics in whom he could place confidence. His daughter was the spring which regu lated every action ol’tlie merchant's life ; she was the apple of his eye, the sunshine of his shady places; for her he had accu mulated his wealth, that her rare beaulv might win with it a station of rank and in fluence; and now the hope of a whole life time might be wrecked in a lew brief hours. His wife was the lirst to suggest a plan for the concealment of their treasures, their mansion was situated near the extre mity ofthc town; and from it a secret pas sage communicated with a bower in the garden adjoining; from thence, in the evening a man might easily steal unper ceived to the adjacent woods; and there she proposed that the merchant should, at night-lime, bury his treasure ; or, at any rate, that he should proceed through the forest and deposii it with a relation who was to be trusted, who would not he sus pected of posseting so much wealth, and who resided about two day’s journey from l lie place. For a time, Paul Ivinmayer resisted every importunity ol bis wile. Who would protect them should the anticipated attack lake place in bis absence ? the domestics were old and infirm, and the they would be too much alarmed for their own safety to care much for others not akin to them. Bui when his wile spoke upon tlte future; when she‘impressed on him that it was wealth only that would be requited of them, and that deprived of that, all for which they had so long struggled would he scattered in a moment, his resolution gave way. ‘I go,’ lie said, ‘and I leave you in the trust ol One whose all-powerful hand will protect you; unless indeed, in his infinite wisdom, he deems it fitting that the inno cent should fall as an example and terror to the guilty.’ Collecting till that was most valuable in to it small packet, as the evening approa ched, the merchant was prepared to de part. One jewel only remained behind— it was his own miniature, set in a locket, with diamonds ol great value. It was his wedding gift to Amelia, and with it he hesitated to pari; and he placed it again around her neck with the same fervorand affection that he felt when he first presen ted it. To her and to his daughter, the namesake of her mother, he gave some ne cessary directions for iheir welfare during his absence, and taking an affectionate farewell, be departed unknown to any but themselves. It was the evening ofthc fourth day af ter the merchant had departed that the roll of the drums, the shrill voice of the trumpet calling to arms, and the tumult among the inhabitants without proclaim ed to the inmates of the mansion that the enemy was fast approaching. The town i was indeed, filled with Austrian troops, but these had been so often and lately har assed and defeated by the victorious arms I of the French, that it was not without rea son the citizens felt strong misgivings in then prowess. All chance ofthe merchant being ena bled.to reach his house, or even to obtain admittance within the town previous to the termination, was now entirely shutout. The wife had but little doubt that his re puted wealth would not permit the house to pass unmolested; arid after causing the doors lo be barricaded, and the windows and shutters secured, she proceeded with her daughter to the innermost apartment ofthc mansion. CIHPTER 11. On the return ofthe merchant, the French army was evacuating the phee, carrying with them the trophies they had wrested from the conquered Austrians, and a large supply of stores and plunder from the devoted town. Paul's heart died within him as he stealthily entered the su burbs, and proceeded towards the place of lus own residence. Within the town all was confusion and dismay; here were open storehouses, ri lled of their contents, the very doors torn ! from their binges; there the trim gardens lof the richer classes broken down and trampled over; in the market-places were PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBUS. MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1815. groups ofthe middle and lower class loud ly complaining of the excesses of both Austria and France. Still l’uul stopped not to join in the general outcry; his only anxiety was his own home. A1 length he reached his dwelling. With what a pang of intense anxiety he rushed through the open portal! The servants had evident ly lied; the slairs bore the marks of heavy I outsteps. Paul stopped not to examine them, or he would have seen they were traced with gore. With the speed of thought he rushed into their accustomed sitting-room, and there a lion id spectacle awaited him. On the ground lay his wile, stabbed through the heart; one hand had fallen back as if to protect her from the attack ofthe assas sin. while the other grasped tighlly a few links ol the slight gold chain lo which had been attached the diamond mounted por trait. Ol his daughter there were no traces. Louder did lie call, and wildly did he seek first his own house, and then through the whole ol the town, until it was wispered abroad that he was mad; and so, for a time, he was; hut anxiety brought weari ness, and repose led to reflection. How deeply Paul Kiumayer reproach ed himself for not taking the miniature with the other valuables, need not be re lated, si uce he little doubted that his wife’s resistance to part wilh it had led to the laial catastrophe. One redeeming thought only Hashed across his mind, that by its agency—il indeed she hud not shared the late oi lier mother—he might he enabled lo discover the missing daughter. To this end lie resolved to devote the whole of his future existence; and alier ihe fu neral oj his wile, he disposed of his house the wreck of his household goods, and [ire pared to travel; whither, ho knew not; hut anywhere to lly from the scenes where all his hopes of earthly happiness, had been blighted liy the ruihless hand of the des troyer. ‘And these,’ he said, as he turned from his native town and home, ‘these are the deeds perpetrated under the sacred ban nerol liberty! Alashowis the divine attri bute desecrated! How little, but the name, exists in the bloodthirsty dynasty of France!’ CHAPTER HI. Shall we follow the steps of Paul Kin mayer for 12 years: Shall we relate bow lie travelled in strange lands, ever in the wiike of the French army—sometimes in disguise—how minute, but yet how cau tious were his inquiries, and, alas! how limitless? Shall we say bow llie bale man grew grey and feeble, as though hall' a century had passed over his head, in scarcely more than a tithe of out? No; for we could relate nothing that would in terest llie reader —nothing but the patient suffering of a bereaved man; hoping, but hopeless, seeking, but finding not; until it almost seemed that the faculties of tlte wanderer hud ceased to embrace the origi nal object ofhis mission: but they did not —they only slumbered. It was something beyond twelve years after the scene related in our second chap ter took place, that a Ftench officer was reciting in one ol’ the principal cates of Paris, to an eager crowd of listeners, tlte particulars of an inglorious retreat from Russia, of which he was ot.e of the lew survivors, llis age could not have ex ceeded thirty; but the dreadful hardships ofthe Russian campaign had told tearful ly upon his hardened features. War, how ever, had not tamed, but had evidently added to, a naturally ferocious disposi tion; for he was detailing, with savage sat isfaction, the horrid lor men is of the ene my, already forgetful of the severities he had just escaped, and lo which so many of liis comrades hail fallen a sacrifice. Among those who listened most atten tive was a stranger, who sat, almost un noticed, smoking in an obscure corner of tlie room; an involuntary expression of disgust at length betrayed him, and all eyes were immediately turned to where he sat. ‘l’ll wager a Napoleon,’ said the officer, ‘that the old German never smell powder but on a review day; and never saw more smoke than that which proceeded from his own meerschaum.’ ‘Better b others were like me; who, re membering only that they arc soldiers, for get that they are men.’ ‘How!’ exclaimed the officer, starting on his feet, ‘such sentiments here are danger ous; but you Germans are ever mystical. However, I’ll tell you a German adven ture, so, garcon, another bottle of colt roti, and then ‘Do you happen lo know the German town of Ebristiex?’ inquired the officer. The dulleyeof the stranger seemed sud denly lit with a liquid lire, as he answer ed in the affirmative. ‘lt was my first campaign,’ continued the other; ‘my father had been one ofthe bravest’ [he meant one of the most blood thirsiy] ‘leaders of the revolution. Ilis influence obtained for me a commission; and, crowned with success, I found no difficulty in earning, for myself promotion. In the action I alluded to we were allowed but two hours to make what pillage we could in the town of Ebriestien before we proceeded onward to greater and more glorious victories. Well, there was a jew eller ofgreat wealth, whose house, which was jiointed out to me by an Austrian pri soner, we entered, but in which neither jewels nor portable valuables could we find. The servants fled on our lirst eti trance; the wife and daughter alone re mained. The latter had locked them selves in a room which we soon buisl open; we demanded of them their valua bles; the trumpets had already sounded ‘To horse!’ and l was preparing to' leave the house, when a gold chain around the neck of the elder temale, attracted my at- U ntion. There was attached to it’ ‘A portrait asked the stranger, in a tone ol ill-concealed anxiety. ‘Don’t interrupt me,’ said the narrator; ‘the story is droller than any would imagine.’ The blood of the stranger came and went rapidly, and, [lulling down his pipe, he was observed, lor the moment feeling about his pockets, as if in searthofsome missing article. ‘You’re right; it was a portrait; and in a most valuable setting. Provoked at ob taining no booty, I demanded il of her; she should have had the worthless minia ture, but she was obstinate. I tried to lorce it from her, but she resisted; nay, more, she tried to seize a pistol from my belt, ami, in the heat of my passion—l slabbed her.’ ‘Have you that portrait still?’ asked the German. ‘I have; though it ha? been taken from the setting, in which one of my own now glitters. You said yoj knew Ebkistkin.’ ‘I did, years ago.’ •And probably the original of this pic ture?’ said the officer, producing it. ‘Well, well!’ ‘Ah! is he alive?’ ‘He is—to he the avenger!’ And be lbre a movement was observed by the by standers, Paul Kiumayer had, with fatal precision, levelled a pistol at the French officer, and shot him in the breast. CHAPTER IV. Mortally wounded, but not dead, he who had braved the heat of a hundred bat tles, and whom death hud spared that he might make a more suitable atonement lor his guilt, was carefully removed to a more private apartment. Paul, who might have escaped in the confusion, did not attempt lo do so; and he was, of course taken into custody, and incarcerated in one of the dungeons ofthe police. The following morning he was led forth for examination; the wife ofthe fallen offi cer, he was told, would lie his accuser.— But he walked with a firmer step and a lighter heart than usual. One portion of! liis mission-had been accomplished; he had avenged his wile’s murder, but he had found no traces ofhis daughter. On reaching the place of examination, he was commanded to stand forth, a shriek—a long, agonizing shriek—was heard, and the prosecutrix fell senseless oj) the floor. Restoratives were applied, and on her recovery the cause of her agitation was soon apparent. ‘it is my lather!’ she said, and breaking through the crowd, she again lull senseless iu his arms. The impetus of her fall caused a lock et to drop from her bosom; where it was suspended by a chain. Paul Kintnayer snatched it up. Yes, it was the same— the same circlet of brilliants; but now it contained the portrait of—whom?—of liis daughter’s husband — the murderer of his u-ife. Passing her to one of the attendants, the old man gmote his breast, and called aloud in his trouble— ‘Was it for this thou wert preserved, my beautiful—my pure!’ In consequence of the state of the wit ness, the examination was postponed, and the sameevening the dying man requested that the prisoner, together with the chief ofthe police, might attend him. On their arrival life was ebbing fast.— The confession of the officer was brief; he admitted the murder ofl’aul’s wife, and the justice of hts retribution: he further eontessed that the daughter, being almost a child, was carried away by the common soldiers to the rear of the army; that she was forced from the apartment previous to, and knew nothing of, her mother’s fate; and that, repenting ofhis act, lie had had her conveyed to Paris, and educated at his own charge. With her years her loveliness increased; and she, knowing him only as a benefactor, at last consented to marry him. This confession was attested and for warded to tlte Emperor. Meanwhile the friends of the officer came forward as prosecutors, liis wife refusing to do so.— The murder in the latter case was fully proved, and Paul was sentenced to death. On the morning appointed for his exe cution he was repr eved, and suffered to enter a monastery, where he soon sunk un der a broken heart. With his wealth, which was considera ble, he founded a convent tor the ‘Sisters of Mercy;’ and in the still beautiful abbess, whose piety and benevolence so many have, with justice, lauded and admired, may he discovered the unfortunate daugh ter ol Paul Kinmayer. The Russian Government, in the king dom of Poland, has issued an order, by which all males, without distinction, are henceforth prohibited from contracting Marriages till they have completed the 30 year of their age. SignoraCastellian, is now at St. Peters burg singing I‘elore the Emperor Nicho las. But a year or two since she was iu Mexico, singing belbre the Emperor Santa Anna. C. CROSBY, Proprietor. NINBER l<i. j SINGULAR FATE OF A DISTIN GUISHED MAN. We find in the North Arkansas, anew paper published at Butesville, Ark. a communication stating some singular and not generally known facts concerning the mysterious death ofCapt. George M. Lewis, one ol the two persons employed by the U. S. Government, to conduct the celebrated Expedition of Lewis & Clark, in exploring the region West ofthe Rocky Mountains. The writer is at present u teacher in the Cherokee Nation, and says that he is personally acquainted with the circumstances which he relates. The ex pedition, consisting of severity or eighty persons, under the guidance of Lewis & Clark was commenced in ISO 4 or ISOd, and completed in about three years. Tlte writer says that the remains ofCapt. Lew is are ‘deposited in the south-west corner ol Maury county, Tennessee, near Grin der’s old stand, on the Natchez trace, where Lawrence, Maury and Hickman counties corner together.’ He visited the grave in 1838, lound il almost concealed iby branches, without a stone or monu- I merit ol any kind, and several miles from any house. An old tavern stand known as Grinder’s once stood near by, but was long since burned. The writer gives the following narative of the incidents atten ding the death ofCapt. Lewis, as he re ceived them from Mrs. Grinder, the land lady ofthe house where lie died in so strange a manner : She told that Mr. Lewis was on his way to the city of Washington, accompanied by a Mr. Pyrna and a servant belonging to a Maj. Neely. One evening a little be fore sundown, Mr. Lewis called at her house and asked lor lodgings. Mr. Grin der not being at home, she hesitated to take him in. Mr. Lewis informed her that two other men would be along pre sently, who also wished to spend the night at her house, and as they were all civil men, he did not think there would he any ! impropriety in her giving them accommo- I (lations lor the night. Mr.Lewis dismoun ted, lasftmed his horse, took a seal by the side of the house, and appeared quite so ciable. In a lew minutes Mr. Pyrna and the servant rode up, and seeing Mr. Lew is, they also dismounted and put up their horses. About dark two or three other men rode up and called lor lodging. Mr. Lewis immediately drew a brace of pis tols, stepped towards them and challenged them to light a duel. They not liking this salutation, rode on to the next house, live miles. This alarmed Mrs- Grinder. ! Supper, however, was ready in a few min ! utes. Mr. Lewis ate but little. He would { stop eating, and sit as if in a deep study, i unJ several limes exclaimed, ‘lf they Jo j)iove any thing on me, they will have it to do by letter.’ Supper being over, and Mrs. Grinder seeing that Mr. Lewis was mentally deranged, requested Mr. I’yrna to gel his pistols from him. Mr. P. re plied, ‘he lias no ammunition, and if he does any mischief it will be to himself, and not to you or any body else.’ Iu a short time all retired to bed; the travellers in one room, as Mrs. G. thought, and she and her child in another. Two or three hours belbre day, Mrs. G. was alarmed by the report ol a pistol, and quickly after two other reports iu the room where the travellers were. At the report ofthe third she heard someone full and exclaim, ‘O Lord ! Congress relieve me !’ In a few minutes she heard some person at the door ofthe room where she lay. S>he inquired, ‘Who is there ? Mr. Lewis spoke and said, ‘Dear madam, be so good as to give me a little water.’ Being afraid to open the door, she did not- give him any. Pre sent!) she heard him, tall, and soon after looked through a crack in the wall, she saw him scrambling across the road on his hands ' and knees. After daylight, Mr. Pyrna and the ser vant made their appearance, and it ap peared they had not slept in the house, but in the stable. Mr. I* had on the clothes Mr. L. wore when they came to Mrs. | Grinder’s the.eveniiig heiore, and Mr. L’s ! gold watch in his pocket. Mrs. G. asked him what he was doing wilh Mr. L.’s clothes on; Mr. P. replied ‘He gave them to me.’ Mr. P. and the servant then searched for Mr. L. found him and brought him to the house, and though he had on a full suit of clothes, they were old and tattered, hut not the same he had on the evening before; and though Mi. P. had said that Lewis had uo ammunition, Mrs. G. found several balls and a considerable quantity of powder scattered over the j floor of the room occupied by Lewis; also a canister with several pounds in it.— When Mr. Lewis was brought to the i house, he opened his shirt bosom and said to Mrs. G. “Dear Madam, look at my I wounds. She asked him what made him ;do so? He replied, “11 I had not done it, somebody else would.” lie frequently ; asked for water, which was given to him. i He was asked if he would have a Doctor sent for, he answered no. A messenger, j however, went lor one, hut did not gel him. He attempted to cut his throat, but was prevented. Some ot the neighbors were called in. He frequently cried out, “Oh how hard it is lo die, lam so strong.” He, however, soon expired. Major Neely was sent for, and he and Mr. P. buried I him, and took jiosscssiou ol his effects. : Mrs. G. heard that Pyrna went to Lewis’ : mother, and that she accused him ol uiur -1 derirtg her son; that he finally cut his own | throat, aud thus put an end to his exist ence. I “I make,” says the writer, “no com j meni on the above; it is all wrapt iu mys ; lery. 1 have heard that Captain Clarke; j the worthy colleague of Capiaiu Lewis; and others who were with them in their , tour, were highly honored and handsomely rewarded by the Government, while Lew is was neglected, and that this had an ef fect to produce alienation of mind. If this be true, art* lliere not yet some living who are acquainted with the fact?” RUBENS. Nothing inspires such a fatorable ideal ot the disposition and general structure ofthe mind of Rubens as his conduct wards other artists; conduct the more wor thy of admiration, as he himself, owing td his great talents, wealth, and distinguish ed connections, occupied a station in soci ety at once honorable and important. His doors were open at all hours, even when he wa3 at work, to every artist desirous of profiting by his aid or advice; and, although he seldom [raid visits, yet he was ever rea dy to inspect the works of any artist who wished it: on these occasions he invariably gave his opinion with candour according to the principles of art; nay, he would fre quently lake up the brush himself,- and touch such parts as required it. In almost every picture he was sure to discover something good, and it seemed to afford him real pleasure to acknowledge the merits of a brother artist, and set them forth on every opportunity. Upon being told that Van Dyck, alter his return front Italy, complained that the profits from his works were not sufficient for his mainte nance, he went the very next day lo him; and purchased all the pictures which he ! Ibund completd m his atelier. The man ner in which he conducted himsell towards his enemies, and those who were envious of his brilliant reputation, was as wise as il was generous. The insinuations of the painter ltomboiils, who did all in his power to detract from his merits, he refu iuled by his famous work, the Descent from the Cross, in the cathedral of Antwerp.— To Abraham Jansens, who challenged him for a wager to paint a picture with him, and submit their rival pretensions to the decision ofthe public, he. replied, that this was cjuite unnecessary, as he had long submitted his works to the judgement of the whole world, and he advised him to follow his example. The slanderous de tractions ol'Cornehus Schut he requited in another manner, fie paid him a visit, praised liis pictures, and, inquiring their prices, declared that he would buy them himself for the sums named; further, he assured him, that in case he should ever be without employment, he might always reckon on his assistance. Van Uden, and Wildens, because he was himself incom petent to paint animals and landscapes, lie replied lo the imputation by executing, with his own hand, fout landscapes and two lion hunts in such a manner as to si lence the most envious. In further confir mation of Ruben’s good sense and practi cal turn of mind, an anecdote lias been re lated by Sandrart. Brendel, an alchymist from London, of celebrity in those days, once paid a visit to our artist, assuring him that he was on the eve of discovering the phiolsopher’s stone, and offering to divide with him the expected gains if he would j advance a sum sufficient to prepare the laboratory and the necessary materials.— Rubens, alter listening lo him with pa tience, replied, “Master Brendel, you have just cotne twenty years too late; for so long is it since I first discovered the true philosopher’s stone in my palette and pen cils.”—Dr. Waagen's Life of Rubens. Press and Parliament of Egypt. —Tlte printing office close at hand, where the Cairo Gazette, in Arabic, is printed, is a small insignificant establishment, which would be nowhere remarkable but in sucb a country as Egypt. The press, the tym pans, tlte galleys, the sticks, the balls, Scc. f were all ol a very inferior description, and the forms appear to be made np in a slo venly way upon the press itself. There were hut few compositors or pressmen at work but they all seemed rather expert-. The Arabic manuscripts from which they were composing, written on one side only,, were such as European compositors rare ly meet with—extremely legible, the line* being wide apart, and the interlineations and corrections very carefully made.— The works which have issued from the press —generally history and jjoetry —have hitherto met wilh but little favor irons the Arabs, whether the blame is to be attri buted to their poverty or their want of taste. Mohammed Ali’s authors meet with, in fact, hut few buyers, so that the records of their labors, piled up iu ware houses, are abandoned as a prey to the rats and mice, or to be decomposed slow ly under the influence of the climate.— The reason is obvious. No pains are ta ken to adapt llie publications to the wants aud predilections ofthe people, who care ’ little lo read histories which dare record I no truth, ilfit happen to he unpleasing to the Pasha, anti who have little relish for poetry which derives its inspiration from a state of society which has no analogy wilh theirs. “ Having passed through the apart ments where the diplomatic scribes and secretaries were at work, wc entered the council chamber, where we were intro duced to the president, a merry old Turk, who laughed and chatted with amazing volubility. The council, of which he is ; the chief, consists of a number of individ uals, public officers,aud government clerks, who assemble daily for the despatch of business. Tlitg is what, in Europe, has been denominated the se«ale, or parlia ment of Egypt; but it is a parliament of a very extraordinary kind. When tho Pasha has anything agreeable to do, lie docs it himself, without consulting this wretched assembly, which, he well knows would not dare to entertain au opinion dif ferent from his ; but when application is made to him tpr money, or some favour is demanded, which it might be inexpedient