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' i; {■■■ wr* Wimm®~m f*&§| & .. .... , . i ■ ■ ■ ■ —i '■ 1 ~ v. .V •' • -i. w‘ 'ij <1 ■ "A ;■< i. •'.< hand and prophet’s fire, ••k 1 A wiki world ings of liis.lvre.” INSCRIBED TO— . • a >ad alb other gdefs ; when fdo I . tlie ' twin;*' hern, lono and desolate.” . >'•; yt, .father days are here VV.*;•<. • breast enshrin'd; The ■]’■■■ fotliis heart most dear, *.r -.Aj fjitv! tlre.'s : wilt'd. 1 .* : s indescribabie, .. !. !.> haunt my steep, ■ >t for me they gaylv shine, ■. doze, nor weep. fd hopes are passing by > A i.ieji once were bright "nd clear, As m tie gloom of autumn fall Tmv fitnirets dim and sear. 1' ...i ‘erring rapture dies away Andi (Ire dreary past, Ad < ’en the future is net gay, A dark and joylcs > waste. i ifa cank’ring lang of blighted hop > It is a fearful thing; It steals upon me no perceived With all ii; withering. es,.oft 1 smile ; hut smi'ia r here Is like the crystal scm, Whose, surface is so calm and clear, I iitlto i, bright and t'r< <■. ■Who this behold a, beholds not all beneath ; \vh..: dismal cave, Jiug.tMonsters, ami the I/o.aoj ofmen 'Thatsleep in unknown graves, ifs, e'en in ocean’s darksome bed blooms man}' a coral flower, And many a pure and sparkling gem Idumea the sea maid's bow'.-. And veins like these may still survive The depth of ocean’s gloom, And glitter on through unknown years, In everlasting bloom, liut pearls that on the shrine oflove Are uurwp.iited thrown, Mast wither in unseen decay, Forgotten and alone. Philander. 'MEMORY. II r.v sweet to sigh o’er j >ys gone by. O’er Trier ils that now have ceas’d to he, ( Yr happy hours in moonlight b< w'rs, \\ hen,mice recall’d by Memory. Jlow oft'upon the sitniyv green, lias pier:lire beam’d from every eye, Ah, who would drown in Lethean stream, The pleasures,of sweet Mem ry 1 i'/ Oiti tin ( Vw/v /. DICIN’ AfiLY J)ILL?ARI). Scene —t Court of Justice in _V. Carolina. A beardless di&e'ipio of Themis rises, and thus addresses thece .rt:—-Ala}' it please yojjr j AVor.-.hib- and you Gentlemen of the Jury,! since it nas been iny, fortune (goocFor had 1 ! will not say) to cxneise riivself in legal dis-1 quistlions, it Ins never before befallen me to l bo obliged to denounce a breach of the peace ! to enormoHs transe* mling as the one now! claiming yotir attention. A more barbarous,' dircfulgnarlced and malicious assault—a more wilful, \iolent, dangerous and murderous but .< cry, and finally, a more diabolical breach of ! the peace lias seldom happened in a civilized ! •ountry, ami I dare say it has seldom been ! * our duty to pass upon one so shocking to < ; ncvolent feeling as this, which took place j r-ver at Captain Hir e’s, in this county, lint j you will hear from the witiusscs. The wit-j esses being sworn, two or three were exam •ffned.and dopostfd—one, that ho heard the j raise, tnii did’nt see the fight—another, that I die saw the row, but "don’t know who struck j litst —ami a third, tliat be was very drunk, ■ uml could’nt say much about llie scrimmage. I Lawyer Crops. — l am sorry, gentlemen to J have occupied so much of your time with the j vduptdity of the witnesses examined, 1 arose 1 gentlemen, altogeth r from misapprehension on my part. Had 1 known, as I now do,-that j I had a witness in attendance, who was well Lce'jaintcd with all tlie circumstances of the case, and who i; lolly able to: jnakc himself clearly and ; it lligtbly under-j ■ tool bv the court and jury, I should not so | long have trespassed oa your time and pa tience. Come forward, Air. Harris, and he j sworn. . ! So forward eo.nes the witness, a fat,chnfTy | balking man, a *•lreth ' corned, and took his ( corporal oath with an air. Chops. — Air. Harris, wc wish you to tell j till about the riot tlyit happened the other day j at Ca, .ain 11 ice's, and as a good deal of time j has been wasted in circumlocution, we wish rou to be as compendious and at the same lime as explicit as possible. Harris. —“Kdzuelly,”—giving the lawyer n knowing wink, at the satire time clearing his throat—Captain Ilice. he gin a treat, and consul Sally Dilliard, she came over to our house and axed me if my wife, she moiHit’iit . o—l told cousin Sally Hilliard that my wife was poorly, being as how she hml.a touch of the Rheumatics in the hip, and the big swamp v.'as i.i the road, and the hi" swamp was np, for there had been a heap of rain lately ; hm : howaxnever as it was she, cousin Sally Dii..- ml, my wife, si# mongitt go. I told cousin Sally Hilliard that. Mosc, ho was the foreman ! of the crop, ami tho crop was smartly in the j grass,; but howsoroever as it was she, cousin 1 Sal’v OHlard, Mosc, he incut go. Chops. In the name of common sense,Mr. i Harris, what do you mean hv this rigmarole, j WMutss. f ousiu Sally Dilliard, sho came over to our bouse and axed me if my wife, she mout’n! go. ! told cousin Sally Dilliard e Chops. .Stop sir, it you please; wo don’t want to hear any thing about cousin Sally jliliiard aud your wife —tel’us ahouttlic by til at Ri-ic’L Witness. Well, 1 will, sir, if you will let me. f‘.ops. Well, sir, go on. Witness. Well, Captain Rice,lie gin a treat Sud Cousin Sally Dilliard, she came over to uqr housedased me If my wife, sire mout’nt go- ,• ('lmps* There it is again—witness, witness f kijv, w itness, please to stop. Witness. Well,sir, what as you want ? Chops* We,watrt to know about the fight, andi you uniat not proceed in this impertinent story—do vou know .any thing about the inat • ihe-l'onrt I Witness. Tube sure I do. Oiry. yy,v*e* go on amt V ’kid. atnj no Witness. Vvoil, Captain Rice, .ho g in a treat— I 'hops. This is intolerable ! Mav it p!i aw j the Court—l move that this witness be com mitted for a contempt—he seems to mo to be , trilling with flu: court. Court. Witness, you are now before a court of Justice, and unless you behave yourself in a more becoming Manner, you will be sent to jail, so oegin and tell what you know about tho tight at Captain Rice’s.- Witness, (alarmed.) Well, gentlemen, ; Captain Rice, he gin a treat, and cousin .Sal ly •Dilliard Chops. I hope that this Witness mav e j ordered into custody. ( Court, (after deliberating) Mr. Attorney, the Court is of opinion that vm inav save time by telling file witness to go o:i i;i Ids own i.ay 1 ioceod, Air. lltrris, with your storv, hat stick to the point. W it.icss. Yjls, gentlemen : well Capt. Rice if gin a treat, and Cousin Snily Dilliard, she tamo over to our house, and axed me it* my ; )?<’ ••’]> mout’ut go. I to’ i cousin Sally Oil iiard tini4 nip wife was poorly, being as ho.v -lie nad the Rhetnalies in the hip, tind the big swamp wal in the road, and flie big swamp was up : but limvsomever, as it was she, cou .'ia Sally Dilliard, my wife, site inout go V.' ■3, cousin Sally Dilliard then axed me if dose, lie mout’ut go. I told cousin .Sally j Dilliard as how Mo.sc, he was the foreman of' l ( ' IC! t ro i>, arid the crop was smartly in the grass; but hoivsomCVcr, as it was she, cousin i Sally Dilliard, Mesa, he moot go. So on they goes together, Mow, my wife, and cousin Sal- 1 ly Dilliard, and they corner to the big swamp I it was up, as t was telling you; but being as | how then* was a log across the big swamp I eoutin Sally Dilliard and .Muse, like genteci J folk- , they walks the log, but my wife, like a ' .I—d tool, hoists up her petticoats and waded,! and, gentlemen, that's the bight of what 1 ! know about it. FA9HIOXS OF Till’. FAST .VXD PRESET TIMES. *• Manners with fortunes, humours turn with chines. Tenets with books, ami principles with times.” Pope. When Innocence left the world, astonish ed man blushed at his own and lus partner’s j nakedness, and coverings were soon invent-1 (and. For many an age the twisted foliage of trees, and the skins tif beasts, wet-; the only j j garments which clothed our ancestors. Dec j oration was unknown, excepting the wild /lower, plucked from the luxuriant shrub, the shell from the beach, or the berry off the tree. Nature was then unsophisticated ; and the lover looked for no other attraction in his bride, than the peach-bloom on her check— i the downcast softness of her consenting eye.' In alter times, when Avarice ploughed the ! earth, ami Ambition bestrode it, the gem and the siikeit fleseee, tlie various product of the ! loom, and the Tyrian mystery of 'dvos, all united to give embellishment to lieau'ty, and! splendour to majesty of mien. But even at ! that period, when the east .and south laid their decorating riches at the feet of woman, 1 wc see, by the sculpture yet remaining to j list that tlic dames of Greece (the then ex-, < mplars of the world) were true to the simple ! laws ot just taste. Tile amply-folding robe, cast round the harmonious form ; the modest' clasp aipi zone on the bosom ; the braided : hair, or the veiled head; these were thej fashions alike of the w ife of a Phocion, and the mistress of an Alcibiades. A chastened taste ruled at their toilets; and from that! hour to this, the forms ami inodes of Greece] have been those of the poet, the sculptor, and ' the painter. Rome, queen of the world! the proud die-] tatress to Athenian and Spartan dames, dis-! dained not to array herself in their dignified] attire; and the statues of her virgins, herj matrons, and her empresses, show, in every J portico of her ancient streets, the graceful fashions of her Grecian province. The irruption of the Goths and Vandals; made it needful for women to assume a more repulsive garb. The flowing robe, the easy shape, the soft, unfettered hair,gave place to skirts, shortened for flight or contest —to the hardened vest, and head buckled in gold! ° or silver. Thence, by a natural descent, have wc the iron bodtiice, stifffartliingale, and spiral coif fure, of the midtdc ages. The courts of , Charlemagne, of flic Edwards, Henries, i ll j exhibit the figures of women as if in a state lof sieg'w Such lines'of circumvalialion and ! outwords; succ impregnable bulwarks of \ whalebone, wood and stcci; such impassable ! inarms of gold, siltv; silk, and furbelows, met a muff’s view, that, before he had to guess i it was a woman that lie saw, she had passed j from his sight ; and he only formed a vague , wish on the subject, by hearing, from an in terested father or brother, that the moving ' castle was one of the softer sex. Those preposterous fashions disappeared,! in England, a short time after the Hestora-': tion ; they liaii heenalittle on the wane dur-j in if the more classic, though distressful reign of Charles I.; and what the beautiful pencil of Vandyke shows us, in the graceful dress of Lady Carlisle and Bacharissa, was rendered yet more correspondent to the soft undula tions of nature, in the garments of the lovely, but frail beauties of the Second Charles’s court. But as change too often is carried to extremes, in this case the unzoned tastes of the English ladies thought no freedom too free ; their vestments were gradually unloos ened of the brace, until another touch would have exposed the wearer to no thicker cover ing than the ambient air. The matron reign of Anne, in some meas ure, corrected this indecency. But it. was not till tlie accession of the house of Bruns* , wick, that it was finally exploded, and gave way by degrees, to the ancient mode of fc j male fortification, by introducing the hide* I oils Parisian fashion of hoops, buckram stays, waists to the hips, screwed to the circuinfer -1 cnee rf * wasp, brocaded si f!;s stiff with gold, | shoes with heels so high as to sot the wearer lon her toes ; and heads, encumbered with j quantifies of false hair, cither horse or hu man, in height to outweigh, and perhaps out. reach, the Tower of Babel! These were the figures which our grandmothers exhibited; nay, such was the appearance of many not half kconfiiry since t and something like it] may yet be seen in England at a drawing room, on court-day?. When the arts of Sculpture and painting, in their fine specimens from the chisels of Greece. and the pencils ofltaly, were brought into Croat Britain, taste began to mould the dress of the female youth after mare graceful fashion. The health-destroying boddice was laid aside; brocades and whalebone disap peared ; and the easy shape and flowing dra pery again resumed tho rights of nature and of grace. The bright hues of auburn, raven, or golden tresses, adorned the head in its native simplicity, putting to shame the few powder ed toupees, which yet lingered on the brow of prejudice and deformity. T'ius, for a short time, did the (Races in deed preside at the toilet of the British beau ty ; but a strange caprice seems now to have dislodged these gentle handmaid.:. li re stands affectation distorting the form into a thousand unnatural shapes; and there, ill taste, loading it with grotesque ornaments, gathered ( and mingled confusedly ) from Gre cian and Roman models, from Bgypt, China, Turkey arid Hindustan. All nations are ran- j sacked to equip a modern tine lady, and, al- 1 ter all, she may perhaps strike a contempo 1 rary beau as a fine lady, but no son of na ture could, at a glance, possibly find out that she meant to represent an elegant woman. To impress upon the minds of our fair read ers, that symetry of figure ought ever to be j accompanied by harmony of dres , and that! llu re is a certain propriety in habiliment ad-' apted to form, age, and degree, in the purport of these observations-— Lady's Boole. From the Saturday Evening Post. A SKETCH. Scarcely had the shades of midnight van ished, ere smiling Aurora appeared, with stieamsof golden light, in rich effulgence, to unlock die orient gates, that the glorious lu minary of day might come forth to renovate the earth ami clothe it in smiles. Soon his bright beams eclipsed all the sons of night, that spangled t!je azure concave and scatter ed the floating clouds, that still lingered in the eastern horizon. He rose in unrivalled splendour, imparting to all nature a pleasing lustre. It was a rich morning in June, when when all things were radient in licauty. Yes, the sun rose upon a scene, which my pen hardly dares essay to paint,for it is inadequate. As he appeared to utnerge from the ocean, that la;> extended tar and wide, in the eastern distance, a flood of glorious light, foil upon the broad expanse of waters, seeming to the oscular vision, that tn® pearls from its deep bed were strewed in lavish profusion upon its host in. Foft were the vphyrs that whisper ed nc f only through the trees and shrubs that gcriniuatt and in the grove, but also througii the sturdy inv rbitants of tlio mountain forest, whose lofty; ’.uninits, enveloped in an ocean of bright rt\ s, towered almost sufficiently high to hoiif it.'ereourse with the shining mil lions, that glit ered in the vaulted welkin.— Gentle were tlm inurmnring.s of theJucid riv ulet, as it meamfered slowly through under wood and fern,ova r pebbles of various and grotesque forms, to mingle its waters with the dark blue waxes of the mighty sea. Over its mirror like surface, gracefully reclined a cluster of willows'* whose long and pendant branches in mournful silence, gently waved in the odoriferous breezes. Though of them -1 selves, weaiinga sad appearance,on this love ly morning not a few of the songsters of the grove resorted hither, to chauiit their matin hymn of praise. No concert of the sweetest music could he more melodious, more pleas ing to the ear than tht duleet notes of those little warblers, as they penned tortli in instinc : live unison, lays even jnore delightful than the mellow strains of the Avolian harp,or Lyre ;of Orpheus. They were not taught by art, ■ the)- h: 1 received no -ins.ruction from any mortal source, yet still, how sweet, “ passing | sweet,” was tire harmonious i. iusic, which the j glories of this bright morn elicited. lie, by | whose behest, all these beautii s were called from chaos ; yes, the great architect of nature himself, was the one who learnt them thus to praise and sing, and can wc inarvi 1 that their songs should be thus pure, and the very seal of melody ? | The curling smoke from many neat and ro ! inantic cottages, interspersed here art,l there over this pictuiesque country, left no reason ; to doubt, that the happy inmates not inclined to follow the pernicious practice of remaining fast in the silent embraces of Morpheus, un ! til health, time and talents arc sacrificed, had 1 risen with the sun, to inhale the morning breeze, replete with the delightful fragrance | of their highly cultivated gardens, with which i each hamlet was furnished, thus invigorated ]to prosecute their wonted toils. “The touch | of the sunbeam had waked the rose?,” on which every dew drop sparkled like a gem, and not only the rose, but numerous indige- nous and exotic plants, which taOS? lovers °f, nature had selected with taste, to beautlf" 1 their little enclosures. Here , were not tliej I only llowers, for in the deep green verdure of, i the meadows, some of Flora’s family of bright ] ! and variegated hues, was mingled in rich ex uberance, over which the dew wps finely ; spread, similar to a light transparent web, ; thickly set with jewels. The sun rose also, | upon another fewer, if l may be allowed the j ! comparison, more lovely far, than any that graced the neat garden of tho cot, or that , sprung up in rank luxuriance in the fields aftd woods. Atul Upon this it rose for the last time while possessed with the mysterious principle of life. It was a young and charm ing girl, u hose auburn tresses had been warin ]od with only sixteen summers. Her mild j blue eyes, bad a more than usual brilliancy, her small tapor fingers, vied with the lily for i whiteness ; her Vermillion lips were parched j they bad the hue of death ; the hurtful, ro j scatc tints of her blooming checks, were cx ! changed for the ashy paleness and hectic | flush, which was sufficient to convince even j a slight observer, that the insidious Cvnsvmp tion preyed upon her vitals. Slow and sure had been the progress of the disease and no thing alarming was apprehended by her doat i ing parents, until the frosts and snows of win- I ter, bad given place to the beauties of an ear* { ly spring. They had fondly hoped, that as J the earth was renovat.d, “as the time of the J sieging of birds drew nigh,” and the wild rose put forth its buds and flowers, that the rose of j 'health- would bloom upon the pallid cottnto* i nance of their beloved daughter, and she \ would be restored to renewed health and hap j piness. lint alas! their hopes long cherished, i were blasted, their expectations perished.— The genial warmth of a spring sun, rather I than reviving her faded visage, conduced i more directly to withcr-the little remaining bloom. Every exertion had been made, ev \ cry means used to restore her dilapidated health and strength. The last expiring hope that now remained was to prove the effect of j country air, upon her wasted form. Early in May, preparations were made,and | the once blooming Ernestine, left the crowd ed city of P with all its gaitics, fora resi j deuce in a little cottage, not very remote I from the place of her birth; yet still,, entirely exempt from every thing, like the bustle of a large metropolis. The exchange of noise and confusion, for quietness and rest, was, in a high degree,con j genial toher feelings, lor she loved l're. n her j childhood to be alone; yes,she was passion i ately fond of solitude. Although this caused . no painful emotion, yet there was something ; that gave rise to sorrow. It was leaving the paternal roof; her happy home, the seat of every joy, tiiat touched tho tender cord in her breast, and waking all those pleasing remnis ccnces of her years, that were then dormant in her breast. The recollection of “halcyon days of yore” that she knew never could re turn, caused the pearly drops, to flow in lu cid streams, as she silently wended her way, through the avenue of the park, for she had a strong presentiment that it was the last time. After a few w eeks residence at the cottage shaded with woodbine and honey-suckle, she! was so far restored, as every day to walk in the garden, and with her own hands, cull flow ers to decorate her room- Those who were j acquainted with the nature of that flattering disease-, cons’dcr and it no fuvouraolc omen; but rather feared .rt might be a prelude to something more alarming. The fond parents blinded by more than or dinary tenderness, vainly imagined that spee dy restoration would ensue ; that shortly she would return to their once happy, but now dcsulutc home* Thcii former blighted hopes grew green. Ah fatal delusion ! they were nipped in the bud : Yes, these ephemeral hopes, flourished a while only, to receive a more chilling ; shock. Consumption had indeed marked bersen ! sitive lorni for his prey & was slowly.but sute j ly making inroads upon her frai constitution. I This fine morning, otic of the little inmates ;of the humble dwelling, (to whom she had i become much attached) gathered expressly ! for her, a beautiful nosegay of fresh blossoms which she presented with a sweet smile. This . little incident reminded her of her flowers, j and site requested to be placed by the open ! window, that she might inhale the dewy breath of morn, replete with the fragrance of the cx ; [landing buds. 1 As she sat gazing at the blooming laud ; scape, that lay extended in tho distance, (ap ! parently in deep thought,) her countenance, assumed a paler, a more unearthly hue ; a cold ' sweat appeared upon her marble forehead ; I then she felt she must die- Yes) she knew | the behest had issued from the Throne of God ! and the destroyi fig angel had come to obey ; the mandate. ! Tears moistened her bright eye, as she i thought ofher parents ; for herself she had no I | tears. (Soon, the beams of the Sun of Right- j ! eousness, chased away the half welcome drops j and her spirit departed to its rest. Floiiella. •*&%&(** ; man. It has been often made a subject of dispute' What is the distinguishing characteristic of man ? And the answer may, perhaps, be given, that he is the only animal that dresses. He is the only being who is coxcomb enough not to go out of the world naked as he came into it; that is ashamed of what he really is, and proud of what he is not, and that tries to pass off an artificial disguise as himself.— Wa may safely extend the old maxim, and say that it is the tailor that makes both the gentlemen and the man. Fine feathers make fine birds —this lie is the motto of the human mind. Dress a fellow in sheepskin, and he is a clown—dress him in scarlet, and he is a gentleman. It is then the clothes that make all the difference; and the moral agent is simply the lay-figure to hang them on. Alan, ! in short, is the only creature in the known world with whom appearances pass for reali ties, words for things , or that lias the wit to find out his own defects, and the impudence and hypocrisy, by merely concealing them, | to persuade himself and others that lie has' them not. Tenier’s monkeys, habited like! monks, may be thought a satire on human nature-—alas! it is a piece of natural history. The monks arc the larger and more solemn j species, to be sure. Swift lias taken a good ! bird’s-eye view of man’s nature, by abstract- J ing the habitual notions of size, and looking at it in great or in little: would that some one had the boldness and the art to do a simi lar service, by stripping off the coat from his back, the vizor from his thoughts, or by dress ing up some other creature in similar mum' rnery ! It is iret his body alone that ho tam -1 ptrs with, and metamorphoses so successful > ly; lie tricks out his mind and soul in Lor | rowed finery, and in the admired costurpe of gravitv and imposture. If he has a desire to commit a base or cruel action without remorse and with the applause of the spectators, lie j has only to throw tho cloak of religion ovdr | it, and invoke Heaven to set its seal on a | massacre or a robbery. At one time dirt, at j another indccencv, at another rapine, at a J fourth rancorous malignity, is decked out and accredited in the garb of sanctity. The in stant there is a flaw, a “damned spot” to be concealed, it is glossed over with a -doubtful name. Again, we dress p pur enemies in J nicknames, and they march to the stake as l assuredly as in son Benitos. The words Her etic or Papist, Jew or Infidel, labelled on j those who differ from us, stand us in lieu of sense or decency. If a man be mean, lie sets up for economy ; if selfish, he pretends to be prudent; if harsh, firm ; and so on.— What enormities, what follies are not under taken for the love of glory ?—and the worst of all, are said to be for the glory of God ! | Strange, that a reptile should wish to be I thought .in angel; or that he should not be | content with to writhe and grove* in-his native earth, without aspiring to the shiest! It •Is ■ from the love of dress and finery. He is the ! chimney-sweeper on May-day all the year round : the soot peeps through the rags and i ttnsel, and al! the flowers of sentiment! ! The meaning of all which is, that man is jthe only hypocrite in the creation; or that he is composed of two natures, the ideal and the physical, the one of which he is tilw ys j trying to keep a secret from the other. He j is the Centaur not fabulous. DREAMS. A man who is the least inclined to super j siition may bo excused, if at times, lie gives ; some credence to either the brilliant or the ! gloomy dreams which sometimes assail him. : Modern philosophy, armed with its hopeless i scepticism, lias vainly sought to banish among ' a crowd of fabl-s, those features which will ‘ prove the intellectual existence of man, du ring his sleep ; on thcotbtfr I quid, there were many respectable personages of antiquity, philosophers, as well as coimnandeisof armies with the most eminent writers of Greece arid Rome, who thought it their duty to have laith in dreams on which might depend the safety of a people, a city, or an army; so that without blushing, we might become credu lous after the manner of Xenophon, Simoni des, Cassius, Catsar, or Plato. But without wading back so far through the flood of time, to search for celebrated dreams, we need on ly recite a few, which approach nearer to the present period. Maldonct, a Jesuit, had formed a design of undertaking a commentary on tiie four Gos pels: .for several nights he thought he beheld a man who exhorted him to go on speedily with his work, and assured him that he would complete it, but that he would not livo long alter it was finished. This man, at the same time, pointed out to him a certain part of his stomach in which Maldonat experienced vio lent pangs, and of which he died, very soon after his work was concluded. A man who did not know one word of Greek,went out to seek Baumaise,and shewed him some certain woids, which lie had heard in the night in a dream, and which he had written in French characters, lie asked him if he knew what those words ekpressed? Sau maise told himthut, in Greek, they signified, ‘Go thy ways, dost thou not see that death threatens thee?” The dreamer returned to his house, which fell down t!;c following night. A learned man of Dijon, being fatigued all day with studying one particular passage i.-i a Greek poet, without being able to compre hend it, went at length to bed, and fell asleep. He fancied himself Iransported in n dream to tiie palace of Cliristianna, at Stockholm,where he visited the Queen ol Sweden’s library,and perceived a small volume, he opened it and read ten Greek verses, which solved all the difficulty ho had labored under. His joy a wakened him, he r ise, noted down what he had just read, anti finding the adventure of so extraordinary a nature, he wrote to Descartes who was then with the Queen in Sweden,ami described to him all the particulars ot his dream- Descartes replied to him, telling that the most skillful engineer could not have drawn the plan of the palace better, nor the library, than he had done in his letter ; that he had found the book in question on the ta blet he had pointed out; that he had therein the verses mentioned by him, and that lie would send him the work at the first oppor tunity. Marshall A illars, at the age of sixteen, was a cornet in a cavalry regiment. One night he was on the advance guard in .camp, and was warming himself before a wretched fire, when he heard a loud voice calling to him to join and i.'.ount his horse with his escort. The youthful warrior paid but little attejition to this order, but still he heard the voice, and an invisible hand seized him by his cloak.— Villars then obeyed, and scarce was he ad vanced a few paces distant with his men, than the place he had left blew up with a terrible explosion :—The enemy, in abandoning the territory which wag threatened by the French army, buried some barrels of gunpowdei, which they were unable to carry awav. The soldiers belonging to Villars hail lighted their fire precisely on the spot which concealed the barrels. The action of the fire commen ced by drying the powder and finished l>y its explosion. The protecting genius of Villars preserved him from this danger, and also sa ved with him a handful of brave fellows, who without the fortunate star which guided him, might, perhaps, have perished. The writer oiiiiis article has heard related the following adventure ;—-l)ne night, after 1 had gone my last rounds, I betook myself to sleep, when nil on a sudden I dreamed timi one of my hot-housea was on fire. This struck me forcibly, I rose and hastened to the hothouse pointed out to me in my dream, where I had the happiness to arrive in time to prevent, without doubt, a serious mis fortune. A fire had actually broke out from one of the stoves, which Wi re always kept burning day and night, and seemed likely, in fallihly to make considerable progress. Without further search, we may agree in the opinion, without discussing the cause, that dre urns art- hot what superstition ha* sta ted them fo be, neither are they what they arc defined by modern philosophy. Counterfeit five dollar notes of the Charles ton Branch of the United States Bank, are in circulation at Washington City, so well executed as to require a Bank officer to detect them. Parents who are ignorant of their duty, w ill be taught by the misconduct of their chil dren what they ought to have done. t ' , We should give as ivc would receive ,cheer fully, quickly, and without hesitation ; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the lingers.— Seneca. An English writer has computed that half of a woman’s chances of marriage are gone when she bad completed her twentieth year ; at twenty-three, three fourths of her oppor tunities have vanished: and at twt'nty six, seven-eighths. So, gills, we would adv’isa you to calculate accordingly. From the United a r The following Chrmuwe'r, / • pal Officers of the Fur -i j>tut v V- l,; der the Constitution, |,. M hwTeo-.e'T'!' 1 " thentic sources, and may | 1( ' * 1 as a convenient document f ur .’j Presid-i, ts ’ : ont- t .: 1 TK:t— George Washington, of l*; 171 - John Adams, of Ma( , a I 1801—Thomas Jefferson, of 1809-Waines Madison, ~f ( id 7—James Monroe, of Vir.S n ; 18-25—John Quincy Adams, of MB9~AndrewJaefc<on,tfTenn Vice Presidents— nntaS “a i7hi)~-John Adams, of Massnrtm. | 1797—Thomas Jefferson, of vi-,q, fS ; 1801—Aaron Burr, of Xevv-Yor'k ! 1805- -George Clinton of \ v <u/i , ISI, Daniel I). Tompkins, of \ on . ! 1825—-John C. Calhoun, of Sou* I Secretaries of Slate— -17 J—-Thomas Jefferson, of • 1791—Edmund Randolph of VuJu' . 1795—Timothy Pickering, of p^‘ ,a : 1800— John Marshal, <ff v\,rj„j" 180!—James Madison, of ViWjr,,\ 1809—Robert Smith, of.tfarvh n I ' I.Bll—James Monroe, of Vim j-ij / ■ 1829—Martin Van Buren, of \,. u , y . 1801— Samuel Dexter, of Mass o , 1802— Gallatin, oflVnnsS ' 1811—George W. Campbell, of}-' !‘t 181 1—Alexander J. Dallas, of I> 01n S ' 1817—William 11. Crawford, of 1 1 1825—Richard Rush, of lYnnsylvan ' 1829-Samnel D Ingham, of 1831— Louis M’Lane, of Delaware 1 U Secretaries off 1789---lßn r yKnoxofM , ssnchl i Sf .tt 9 G9o- nnothy Pickering, of IVmisylv®,, 1/ 90 James McHenry, of Maryland 1800—Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts I*ol Roger Griswold, of Connecticut lStU—Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts 1809 \\ illiain Eustis, of Massnchusctu 1813—John Armstrong, ofNcw-York 1815—William 11. Crawford, ofUeouu 181, —Isaac Shelby, of Kentucky, (did no' t cept.) ■ lSn-JohuC. Calb° ,,n ’ South Carolina. 1825~Jarr.es Barbour, of Virginia. 1828—Peter B- Porter, of New York. 1829 Jobu II Eaton, ot Tennessee. ' 1831—Lewis Cass, of Ohio. * Secretaries of the Nuvy— 1798—George Cabot, of Massachusetts, 1798—Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland 1802—Robert Smith, of Maryland. 1805— Crovvilinshield, of Massachusetts. 1809—Paul Hamilton, ot South Carolina. 1813—VV ilham .tones, of Pennsylvania. 1811—Benjamin W. Crovvilinshield, of JJ sacimsctts. 1818—Smith Thoirqison, of New-York. 1828— Sam. 1.. Southard, ofNew-Jereev. 1829 John Branch, of North Carolina.' 1831—Levi Woodbury, of Now Hampsltin, Pent muster Genera Is— 1789—Samuel Osgood, of Massachusetts 1791—Timothy Pickering, ofPeimsylvaia 1795—Joseph ilabcrsham, of Georgia. 1802—Gideon Granger, of Connecticut. 1811—Return J. Meigs, of Ohio. 1823—John M’Lcan, of Ohio. 1828— Willjam T Barry, of Kentucky. ChuJ Justices of the Supreme Court— 1789—John Jay,'of New York, appointed. 1700— William Cushing, Massachusetts. I.9ti—Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut, 1800— John J..y, of New-York. 1801— John Marshal, of \ irginia. .ttiorney Generals— 1789—Edmund Randolph, of Virjnnia, ; pointed. 1791 William Bradford, of Pennsylvania. 1795—. Charles Lee of Virginia. 1801—Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts. 1895—Robert Smith, of Maryland. 1806— John Breekenbridge, of Kentucky. 1807— C&'sar A Rodney, of Delaware. 1811—W iliiam Pinckney, of Maryland. 1811—Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania. 1817—William W irt, of Virginia. 1829 John M. Berrien, of Georgia. 1831—Roger B Taney, of Maryland. Speakers of the House of Representatives of tin i . ted Stales. 1780— First Congress, Ist and 2d sessiosMi New York, 3d session at PhikdeW Frederick A. Muhlenburgh, of I’cmsj vnnia. 1781— Second Congress, held at Pbiladelnha Johnathan Trumbull, of Connwiie* 1798™-Third Congress, held at PliiladeljniS' Frederick A liluhlenhurgh of feiu vama. 1795—Fourth Congress, held at Philadelpltit Johnathan Dayton, of New Jersey. 1797—Fifth Congress, held at Piiiladelpliai Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey. 1799—Sixth Congress, Ist session at PW< pbia, 2d at Washington— I Tlrdo .Sedgwick, of Massachusetts. 1801—Seventh Congress, held at Washing!® Nathaniel Macon, of North OariiM 1803—Eighth Congress —Nathaniel Mawn North Carolina' 1801—Ninth Congress—Nathaniel Mac®, North Carolina. Tfc.’th Congress—Joseph b Varnmfc MaßSa,>9eU*. 1809—Eleventh CoilgTe^—Joseph h ' arc® 1 ’ Massachusetts. .. 1811—Twelfth Congress—Henry Clay, ct tuckv. * 1813—Thirteenth Congress-Henry Kentucky, until January die *< 1814. „ , Lagdon Chevesof South Carolina? the residue of the Congress. * 1815—Fourteenth Congress —Henry Clay, Kentucky. 1817—Fifteenth Congress—Henry Clay,eia tueky. 1817—Sixteenth Congress—Henry ' l3 )’ Kentucky during the IstsMStc. John W Taylor, of New York m the 2d session, _ v 1821—Seventeenth Congress —Philip* 3 ‘ of Virginia. r . f 1823— Eighteenth Congo ss—He: ry u '' Kentucky. v 1825—Nineteenth Congress—John * a J r Y ork. 1827—Twentieth Congress—Andrew of Virginia. . , , *,. 1829—Twenty-first Congress—Andrew >- soil, of Virginia. •Note —This Department was not until the 20th of April 1798, being prior dato a branch of the War Department. HIDES—COW HIDE& ~) t 1 0,000 which the highest prices *ill bojff'•'J''}!!'. F. L. 10U.N0 A < | Macon. Oct. CD